PSYC 3480 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Intersectionality, Statistical Significance, White Privilege

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3480
• Professor: Noreen Stuckless

Document Summary

Sex: refers to inborn biological characteristics relating to reproduction such as sex chromosome and sex organs. Gender: refers to psychological characteristics and social categories that human culture creates. Doing gender: you express your gender when you interact with other people; you also perceive gender in these other people. Ex infant posed with a football (it conveys a gender message) The social biases: sexism: is bias against people on basis of their gender. Ex women cant be competent lawyers, men cannot be competent nursery school: racism: bias against people on the basis of racial or ethnic group. Social class is defined by factors such as income, occupation and education. heterosexual. Lesbian, gay, bisexuals: classism: a bias based on social class, ableism: bias against people with disabilities, heterosexism (sexual prejudice): a bias against anyone who is not exclusively, ageism: bias based on chronological age. Feminism: the principle that values women"s experiences and ideas.