PSYC 3480 Study Guide - Final Guide: Retirement Community, Ageism, Homophobia
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Discuss gender differences in friendship, and give possible explanations for these. Gender differences in intimacy due to: socialization, homophobia, cross-sex friendships. Middle class white girls more likely than low income black girls to report competition and jealousy in friendships. Women more likely to achieve closeness through sharing thoughts and feelings. They are also more engaged with friends and social networks. Discuss differences in the friendships of girls and boys during adolescence. In adolescence, close friendships are usualy with ppl of same gender: girls more intimate, more self-disclosure and emotional support, tend to have, boys less inimate, shared group activities, larger groups few very close friends. Describe the attributes that females and males value in a dating partner. Show how gender differences in both valued attributes and behaviors are related to societal stereotypes. Men valuing looks enforces double standard of aging, more youthful looking partners preferred. In dates, men expected to pay and take care of woman.
