PSYC 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Casual Sex, Middle Age, Trait Theory
9 Feb 2020
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Self-esteem and depression: self-esteem, across ages: d=0. 21 for se, largest effect sizes: adolescence, puberty, hormonal changes, identity issues, social roles, societal, depression pressures. 4/15/19: no sex differences in childhood, after puberty, women show a depression rate two to three times that of men. The more intimate the request, the more likely of the man to say yes. Women agreed to go out with them and very few agreed to go to their apartment, and none agreed to have sex. Interest in casual sex, d=0. 81 (high in men: # of lifetime partners desired, d=0. 87 (clear difference that men want more sexual partners in their lives) Androgynous- in the early 1970s, people started realizing that you don"t have to strictly masculine/ feminine. Androgynous reflects the notion that a single person can possess both masculine and feminine characteristics. These people were presumed to have the most valuable elements of both sexes, such as assertiveness from the male side.
