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Chapter 1
Psychology of Women
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Women's & Gender Studies
Undergraduate 3
02/13/2009

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Alpha Bias
Definition
highlights differences between genders
traditionally academic (male behavior as standard)
Differences are biologically based
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Beta Bias
Definition
highlights gender similarities
typically feminist
ex: female user names-more sexually explicit messages
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Feminism
Definition
Began in 1840's out of abolitionist movements
and 2nd movement from civil rights movement
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Radical Feminists
Definition
"in your face" dramatic, distrust men/government
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Liberal Feminists
Definition
middle class, trying to create change through political channels
Discrimination in
*Work
*Banking
*sports education
*Language
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Lesbian Feminism
Definition
equal rights for Lesbian couples
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Cultural Feminism
Definition
believe m/w different, women should be respected for women way of being
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Power Feminist
Definition
don't focus on negative aspects
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Andricenter Bias
Definition
to interpret research from a male view
ex: heart disease research
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sex/gender
Definition
biological aspects/social and cultural experiences.
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Experimenter Effects
Definition
Rosenthal effect how much researchers effect their own research
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Observer effects
Definition
how subjects react when they know they are being observed
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Biased Interpretation
Definition
statistical significance-set up to look for differences not similarities
ex:mental rotation sub-group of women brought down all women scores.
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Bias in Publication
Definition
statistical significance more published
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Gender-Fair Research
Definition
1. Rarely use single-gender design
2. Question underlying theoretical models
3. Pay attention to interaction b/w experimenter and subject
4. Carefully interpret results
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Feminist approach to research
Definition
1. Hypothesis accounts for historical/sociocultural
2. Quantitative and Qualitative
3. safeguard experimenter/observer
4. Generalize only to population studied
5. Analyze for relavence
6. Report non-significant findings
7. Communicate group and individaul averages
8. Don't sensationalize
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Nature versus Nurture
Definition
Strength- physical change/boys in more sports/way they are dressed/ women increase in strength faster
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Cross-sectional Studies
Definition
one measurement in a point of time
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Longitudinal Studies
Definition
follow one group through a a length of time
Termans Gifted Children
Standford Longitudinal study-looked at birth order-can account for as much as gender, no big differences between Parents treating sons/daughters.
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Meta Analysis
Definition
takes varied findings and consolidate them into one basic idea
convert standard deviation units to create a standard score
mean1-mean2
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S Deviation
Small: d<0.2 85% overlap
Medium: d=0.5 67% overlap
large: d>=0.8 53% overlap
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