Details Title: Chapter 1 Description: Psychology of Women Total Flash Cards: 20 Created: 02/13/2009 17:54:16		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Women's & Gender Studies Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Alpha Bias Definition highlights differences between genders traditionally academic (male behavior as standard) Differences are biologically based Term Beta Bias Definition highlights gender similarities typically feminist ex: female user names-more sexually explicit messages Term Feminism Definition Began in 1840's out of abolitionist movements and 2nd movement from civil rights movement Term Radical Feminists Definition "in your face" dramatic, distrust men/government Term Liberal Feminists Definition middle class, trying to create change through political channels Discrimination in *Work *Banking *sports education *Language Term Lesbian Feminism Definition equal rights for Lesbian couples Term Cultural Feminism Definition believe m/w different, women should be respected for women way of being Term Power Feminist Definition don't focus on negative aspects Term Andricenter Bias Definition to interpret research from a male view ex: heart disease research Term sex/gender Definition biological aspects/social and cultural experiences. Term Experimenter Effects Definition Rosenthal effect how much researchers effect their own research Term Observer effects Definition how subjects react when they know they are being observed Term 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. Term Bias in Publication Definition statistical significance more published Term 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 Term 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 Term Nature versus Nurture Definition Strength- physical change/boys in more sports/way they are dressed/ women increase in strength faster Term Cross-sectional Studies Definition one measurement in a point of time Term 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. Term Meta Analysis Definition takes varied findings and consolidate them into one basic idea convert standard deviation units to create a standard score mean1-mean2 ----------- S Deviation Small: d<0.2 85% overlap Medium: d=0.5 67% overlap large: d>=0.8 53% overlap