PY4 Essay :Discuss the nature and extent of Gender Bias in Psychology Introduction – Define issue What is gender bias? Where can you find it? Answer – a) Theory b) Research What Types of Bias are there? Alpha Bias Beta Bias

Gender Bias in Psychological Theory Alpha Bias 1 – Freud (AO1) How does Freud Exaggerate the differences between males and females

Gender Bias in Psychological Theory Alpha Bias 1 – Freud (AO2) Commentary on Freud’s Theory

Gender Bias in Psychological Theory Alpha Bias 1 – Gilligan How does Gilligan Exaggerate the differences between males and females?

Gender Bias in Psychological Theory Beta Bias 1 – Kohlberg (AO1) How did Kohlberg minimise the differences between males and females? What effect did this have?

Gender Bias in Psychological Theory Beta Bias 2 – Fight or Flight (AO1) How does this theory minimise the difference between males and females?

Gender Bias in Psychological Research 4 Stages of Research Cycle – Bias Possible in each stage Theoretical Bias – already covered Researcher Bias Methodological Bias Reporting Bias

Gender Bias in Psychological Research Topic : Media Effects (AO1) What examples of gender bias can we find in this topic?

Gender Bias in Psychological Research Topic : Media Effects (AO2) Commentary

Gender Bias in Psychological Research Topic : PMS (AO1) What examples of gender bias can we find in this topic?

Gender Bias in Psychological Research Topic : PMS (AO2) Commentary

Gender Bias in Psychological Research Overcoming Gender Bias – what can we do and why is it important? Worrel and Remer (92) Gender Free Flexible Interactionist Lifespan Leads to VALID DATA ABOUT HUMANS