01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Hot Sauce, Fraternities And Sororities, Ambivalent Sexism

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: K.Brynildsen

Document Summary

Sex - the classification of individuals as females or male based on their genetic makeup, anatomy, and reproductive functions. Gender - the meanings that societies and individuals give to female and male categories. Different cultures have different conceptions about gender. Differences approach - men and women are fundamentally different. Similarities approach - men and women are basically alike in their intellectual and social behaviors. By age 2 boys more physically aggressive than girls. Men and women who were provoked were equally likely to show aggression. Men were more likely to show aggression with no provocation. Male participants interacted with handgun or game. Gender-role stereotypes - a set of shared cultural beliefs about males" and females" attributes. Communal - nurture, sensitive, good at relationships, insecure, submissive, etc. Agentic - ought to be dominant, aggressive, independent, competitive, etc. Assigns women to traditional and subordinate roles. Benevolent sexism - sees women as objects to be idealized and protected.