PSYC 3480 Lecture : 3480B2012Intro.ppt
18 Jan 2013
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Tas naomi carpenter and raha sheivari: course outline. Pre-requisite - psyc1010 6. 0 with a minimum of a c: the textbook a psychology of women, matlin, 2012, 7th edition, moodle, why a psychology of women, central concepts, video: gender. Central concepts in the psychology of women: sex and gender, sex. Relatively narrow term: inborn physiological characteristics. Broader term: psychological characteristics, social categories created by human. Often used interchangeably in the past-no clean absolute separation is possible (lips, 2005: unger (1979) Gender: a person"s biological maleness or femaleness, nonphysiological aspects of being female or male - the cultural expectations for femininity and masculinity, similarities and differences, similarities perspective. Emphasize how similar women and men are. Why do men and women seem so different. We build our version of reality based on. Women and men generally differ: intellectually, in social skills. Emphasize positive characteristics: undervalued when associated with women. Essentialism explanation: gender is a basic stable characteristic, all women share the same psychological.
