Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Prenatal Hormones And Sexual Orientation, Female Reproductive System, Gender Role

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Gender the state of being male or female. Gender stereotypes widel(cid:455) sha(cid:396)ed (cid:271)eliefs a(cid:271)out (cid:373)ales" a(cid:374)d fe(cid:373)ales" a(cid:271)ilities, pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)alit(cid:455) t(cid:396)aits, a(cid:374)d so(cid:272)ial (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396) Instrumentality an orientation toward action and accomplishment. Expressiveness an orientation toward emotion and relationships. Since the 1980s, the boundaries between male and female stereotypes have become less rigid. The traditional male stereotype is more complimentary than the conventional female stereotype: androcentrism the belief that the male is the norm, gender differences are reported in terms of women being different, as opposed to men. Meta-analysis combines the statistical results of many studies of the same question, yielding an estimate of the size a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:374)siste(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) of a (cid:448)a(cid:396)ia(cid:271)le"s effe(cid:272)ts. Gender similarities hypothesis men and women are similar on most psychological variables and that most of the time when researchers report a difference, it is quite small. Gender differences not found in overall intelligence. Boys are way more likely to be stutterers and dyslexic.