SOCI 342 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hawthorne Effect
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Other physical characteristics of males and females overlap. Tests that measure the ability to spatially reason (rotate objects in the mind) were shaped more by gendered expectations than by actual ability. Hawthorne effect type of reactivity in which individuals modify/improve an aspect of their behavior in response to their awareness of being observed. Starting point: the possibility that culture shapes how biologists describe what they learn about the natural world. *imagine your favorite place smell, temperature, sounds, what you see. It is not possible for you to reiterate your experience. Our language limits us to share experiences with people. Language: culturally shared set of symbols that is used to express oneself. Aim: to explore how gender stereotypes are embedded in scientific language of biology. The egg as large and passive, swept along the fallopian tube; the sperm are streamlined, strong and active and bent on penetration most common gendered stereotype regarding reproduction a. ii.
