PSYC 4450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Heredity, Bad Jews, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
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White privilege is so invisible and we don"t see it. Our tendency to evaluate things in opposites (black vs. white, good vs. evil, strong vs. weak) Tendency to see the world in terms of opposites is found in more european cultures. Dualism: before scientific revolution, world consisted of natural opposites (created by. Went back to the ancient greeks but was continued by jews and christians. In greek culture, opposites weren"t equal (ex. man is more than woman) Jewish/christian cultures: went from highest (god) down to lowest (women) Stereotypical traits associated w/ women: emotional, caring, not to be messed with. Stereotypical traits associated w/ men: strong, closed off emotionally, athletic. Male traits are seen as dominant but there are certain types of traits (ex. messy vs. neat) that aren"t as important as others (ex. emotional vs. stoic) Stereotypically male traits are instrumental (agency traits, doing things traits) whereas stereotypical female traits are expressive (being traits, how you are traits)
