PSYC 2740 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Evolutionary Psychology, Femininity, Masculinity
31 May 2018
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SEX, GENDER AND PERSONALITY
• The science and politics of studying sex and gender
o History of the study of sex differences
▪ Precise quantitative procedure to determine differences
• Meta analysis
o Statistical method for summarizing findings of large
numbers of individual studies
o Allows researchers to measure affect size
o Calculation of effect size
▪ Number
• .2=small
• .5=medium
• .8=large
o ut still do’t have ipliatios for every idividual
▪ a number of women throw farther than men
▪ Sign
• Positive
o Men higher
• Negative
o Women higher
o Minimalists and maximalists
▪ Minimalist
• Sex difference small
▪ Maximalist
• Sex difference large
• Sex differences in personality
o Temperament in children
▪ Inhibitory control
• Ability to control inappropriate responses of behaviours
o Women higher
▪ Perceptual sensitivity
• Detect subtle stimuli from the environment
o Women higher
▪ Surgency
• Approach behaviour, high activity, impulsivity
o Males higher
▪ Negative affect
• Anger, sadness, difficulty, distress
o n/a
o Five factor model
▪ Conscientiousness
• Order
o Women higher
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