PSYC 320 Lecture Notes - The Strongest, Bsc Young Boys, Sex Segregation
Document Summary
By the end of today"s class you should be able to: Identify sex differences in domain-specific forms of self esteem: review explanations for sex differences in global self esteem. 2: define the term morbidity paradox, discuss sex differences in mortality rates across the life span among canadians, contrast sex differences in mortality rates in developed and developing countries. Are there sex differences in self esteem (cont. Adolescence shows a particularly hard time for both sexes; but a greater difficulty for females. Explanations for the lower levels of global self esteem among females than males: gender roles: masculinity is positively correlated with global se among males and females. Femininity is not correlated with global se among males and females. Key factors of masculinity: confidence, autonomy, self assertion; there is no surprise that these are correlated with se: imbalances in cross sex interactions in childhood: sex segregation is evident in preschool years and this is reinforced by adults.
