01:830:321 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Institutional Racism, Role Theory, Social Identity Theory
30 Sep 2020
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Different offspring with various adaptations compete for survival. Those that survive can produce more offspring and pass their characteristics on to future generations slowly changing what a species looks like. Because these similarities are world wide and evident across different cultures and countries. Therefore, they are not affected by specific cultures and are rooted in biology. Prescriptive norms are norms that are recommended and approved. Proscriptive norms are norms that are negative and disapproved. Agentic traits are assertive, dominant, independent, high status. Communal traits are social, likeable, gentle, relational, warm, emphatic , lower status. Agentic traits are prescribed to men and proscribed to women. Communal traits are prescribed to women and proscribed to men. Backlash is cultural, social, or financial negative consequences for breaking gender norms. So, when a woman acts higher status it is breaking the gender hierarchy. We are subconsciously motivated to defend this gender hierarchy.
