HLTH 251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Psychological Evaluation, Androphilia And Gynephilia, Observational Learning
24 Oct 2016
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We perceive reality in terms of the categories we have learned to impose on it, and we actively shape ourselves and others to conform to the images owe have created. hunter collective, Gender role: is a set of behaviours that are learned from the environment (parents, peers, media images) Gender behaviours: are learned through the process of observational learning. Children observe, encode and imitate gendered behaviour. Social rewards and punishments increase the likelihood that children will reproduce. People have a sense of themselves because of the binaries we put them into whereas instead of figuring out who they are throughout their lives. Females are undersexed: reluctant, slow to arouse and focused on love and commitment. A lot of sexual experience diminishes females" value. Women must protect their reputation by maintaining the gatekeeper role and offering token resistance. Males are oversexed; have strong sexual needs and motivations. Men know a lot more about sex than women.
