PSYC 3480 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: False Smiles, Social Constructionism, Grammatical Person

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3480
• Professor: Noreen Stuckless

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Chapter 6 social constructionist approach: construct/invent own version of reality based on prior experiences, social interactions and beliefs. 4 confounds: people are present, gender prominent and other roles minimized, behaviour requires speci c gender related skills, measured in self report. Language style: males more likely to curse and use larger scandalous vocabulary. Girls more likely to use hesitant speech pattern when speaking to males ex. Content of language: men more likely to talk about sports bt equally likely to talk about: person of other gender, person of same gender, academic issues. Personal space: women have smaller personal space zones (sit closer together) Body posture: women are more contained (legs together, arms and hands close to body) Visual gaze: females tend to gaze at conversational partner more. Facial expressions: women smile more also smile when uncomfortable or embarrassed, more likely to be aware they are using false smiles. More likely to detect anger than in males and opposite for females.