PSYC 320 Lecture Notes - Response Bias, Gender Role
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Marital status: for males a notable relationship has been found (married males save their intimate disclosures for their spouse) Culture of origin: research demonstrates that in some cultures there is no sex difference in self disclosure. The little research that exists shows little sex differences. Shared activities: while males engage is less self disclosure, they engage in more shared activities there is discourse and debate about what constitutes shared activities sex differences appear in adolescence (starting around and after grade 9) Perceived closeness: some people argue that evolution causes males to have closer friendships than females recent research supports the opposing position: females have a higher degree of closeness with their same sex friends than males. Rochester interaction record: for each interaction people fill out something and rate the interaction there could be response bias" used for this measure as people are self reporting. Males describe their same sex interactions as being less meaningful than females.
