Psychology questions Achievement?

Question

a research study in which “achievement” was defined in terms of promotions at work would be using
a. historical gender bias.
b. androcentric norms.
c. gender-free definitions.
d. anthropomorphism.

Answer 1

I would say b. It's going to continue to be a matter for debate for decades though. Traditionally work promotions have been used to define success for a man but many women are considered successful even if they have never had a job, let alone a promotion. The measure fails in many other ways as well. Would you consider Bush a failure because he hasn't had a promotion in 7 years and is extremely unlikely to ever surpass his current position? Not a political statement, just pointing out an extreme example.

Historical gender bias would be one of the reasons some women hadn't been promoted. Historical gender bias is historic, meaning that it happened in the past. It is a factor that must be accounted for when evaluating previous studies or in a case like this in interpreting the data of a longitudinal study.

Answer 2

I'm thinking it would be B. Simply because the level of achievement by most men is determined in part on thier career level. Realistically that is not the way to think of achievement. There are plenty of women who have never worked as upper level executives and they are still plenty fulfilled.

Answer 3

A. historical gender bias.