PSY 3121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sam Keen, Promise Keepers, Radical Feminism
14 Dec 2016
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An attempt to understand the conscious mind by dividing the mind into. Emphasizes the importance of observable behavior as the subject matter of. The belief that differences between men and women are biologically determined. Essentialism: and are part of their essential biological natures. Structuralism: components and analyzing the structure of the mind. Interested in mental abilities and the gender differences of those abilities. Maximalist and minimalist views: maximalists believe there are many large fundamental differences. Considers how men are the standard and as a result women will always appear deficient when they differ from the standard. Bem finds that whenever research finds a gender difference, that difference is seen as a disadvantage for women. Sex differences is a term used in science to describe the differences between male and female research participants. Sex is a term to describe the biological differences between men and women. Minimalists believe there are few differences between men and women,
