PSYC 3280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Emma Watson, Statistical Significance, Class Discrimination

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3280
• Professor: Suzanne Mcdonald

Document Summary

Similarity and difference approaches to the psychology of gender. Potential problems and biases in current research. Sex narrow; biological characteristics - relate to reproduction - born with. Gender broad; psychological characteristics and social categories - our cultures. Doing gender expressing gender - interactions with people and perceiving gender. Sexism: bias against people on the basis of their gender. True or false: sexism only applies to women. There are other biases that operate alongside sexism. Women should have the right to vote. A girl has as much of a right to study as a boy. A woman should have the option to work if she wants to. Men and women should have the same legal rights. Women"s needs are as important as men"s. Feminism - principle - women"s experiences and ideas are valued and that women and men - socially, economically and legally equal.