PSYC 2530 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Gender Role
1 Aug 2018
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There is no gender diferences in unobtrusive measures obviously related to
empathy like facial expressions or physiological distress
Women are also more likely to feel emoion of people
around them according to a self-recorded measure of
emoional contagion
o Women are beter at reading body language, facial
expressions and recognizing facial expressions
Emoions
Gender diferences in emoions depends more on cultural
factors, situaional inluences, gender role pressures and the
measures used rather than the actual experience of emoion
The problem is the lack of expression of a single
emoion Women are more emoional if you ask directly
o Women report more intense feelings of sadness,
depression and being in a bad mood than men
Men feel more intense moods of pride, conidence, guilt
and pride
The gender diference of men and women with regards to
self-reported emoions is parallel to gender role expectaions
Women and men in many countries feel similar pressures to
adhere to gender expectaions about emoional expression
Anxiety
Women are more anxious than men
o But this is due to a self-reported study
There are no general diferences with regards to
anxiety of men and women in stressful events
o Men are more physiologically reacive that
females Helping behaviour
Men engage in more helping behaviour than women,
especially if they know they are being watched
o If there are no diferences, this disappears
Leadership
There is no gender diference in leadership efeciveness
Women and men tend to have diferent styles of leadership
o Women tend to shape the power whereas men
tend to be more autocraic
Types of leader ship
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Document Summary
There is no gender diferences in unobtrusive measures obviously related to empathy like facial expressions or physiological distress. Women are also more likely to feel emoion of people around them according to a self-recorded measure of emoional contagion: women are beter at reading body language, facial expressions and recognizing facial expressions. Gender diferences in emoions depends more on cultural factors, situaional inluences, gender role pressures and the measures used rather than the actual experience of emoion. The problem is the lack of expression of a single emoion women are more emoional if you ask directly: women report more intense feelings of sadness, depression and being in a bad mood than men. Men feel more intense moods of pride, conidence, guilt and pride. The gender diference of men and women with regards to self-reported emoions is parallel to gender role expectaions. Women and men in many countries feel similar pressures to adhere to gender expectaions about emoional expression.
