07 May WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE FACT THAT A PROFOUND GENDER BIAS CONTINUES TO EXIST IN PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH?
There is a common belief among natural scientists that the work they do is objective and free of bias. Presumably science provides philosophies, methodologies, and techniques that keep inquiry in line and objective, free of bias, and representing “the truth and only the truth.” But that is not necessarily true. An area of research called the social studies of science has exposed the mythology of scientific objectivity and methodological purity. I won’t go into detail here, but I would like you to read this article on gender bias in psychology[1] and provide a 500- to 800-word commentary. In particular, pay attention to the words of Peter Hegarty in the article who says he is “optimistic” about the revelation of gender bias in psychology because it shows that the system of psychological research “works.” . . . an area where more critical thinking is needed about gender, but on the other hand psychological methods allowed us to bring this issue to light and to describe it. Our conclusion is not that psychologists should not study group differences, but that we serve the public better when we think deeply about the ways that we implicitly frame questions about whose behavior is the default standard norm and whose is made the subject of psychological scrutiny. For me, that is an odd comment. When we look at psychology, we see that after decades of criticism and effort, psychologists apparently have been unable to eliminate gender bias from their research agendas. Not that I’m criticizing. As I said, it is hard to overcome gender bias and exclusionary practices. The point for me though is that “finding” gender bias in psychology is not an indication of success but of failure. Finding that nothing has changed in the discipline despite decades of effort should raise fundamental questions about not only psychology’s disciplinary focus on gender difference (and not similarities), but also on the training itself that allows a spokesman for psychology to make a statement that suggests he is himself unaware of decades of scientific research. But what do you think? What do you think of the fact that a profound gender bias continues to exist in psychological research? How do you feel about that? Does knowing that psychology has tried, but failed, to deal with gender bias make you more or less confident in the findings of psychology? Discuss. http://psychcentral.com/news/2006/12/29/male-gender-bias-in-psychology-research-continues
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