PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Masculinity, Single Person, Albert Bandura
Document Summary
Sex differences : avg differences b/w women and men in personality/behaviour. Gender : social interpretations of what it means to be a man or woman. Gender stereotypes: beliefs about how men and women differ or are supposed to differ. Opposed to what the actual differences are. The science and politics of studying sex and gender. Study of sex differences generates much controversy. History of the study of sex differences. Little attention paid to sex difference before 1973. 1974 maccoby and jacklyn published the psychology of sex differences. Reviewed and drew conclusions about how men and women differed. Women slightly better than men at verbal ability. Men slightly better than women in mathematical ability and spatial ability. Only personality characteristic difference men were more aggressive than women. 1992 gov"y required members of both sexes to be represented in all federally funded research. Inhibitory control ability to control inappropriate responses or behaviours. Largest sex difference stronger in girls.
