PSYC 3480 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Androcentrism, Stereotype Threat
12 Mar 2015
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There are two approaches to gender similarity and difference: similarities perspective (social constructionsim) society forms constructs, difference perspective (essentialism) Chapter 2: gender stereotypes and other gender biases. Stereotypes are cognitive constructs that manifest our language or behavior: we have perceptions based on experiences, stereotypes lead to biases of gender and our perceptions of women. Stereotypes are a belief (dif cult to change) do not accurately re ect or represent individuals. Prejudice refers to our emotion about women usually a negative attitude (dif cult to change) Androcentrism is the belief that the male is the normative, the male experience is considered to be the norm and the female is considered to be in solely relation to the male. Terms used for women: non- parallel terms, negative terms, infantilizing terms. The masculine generic: masculine generic terms are not gender neutral, gastil"s research on mental images, research on career choices, shifting to gender-neutral language.
