PSY BEH 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 91: Stereotype, Psy, Femininity
17 Dec 2019
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Gender schemas fuel gender-typing: summary: cognitive factors contribute to the way that children think and act as males and females. Through biological, social, and cognitive processes, children develop their gender attitudes and behaviors. (1) gender stereotypes, similarities, and differences. Gender stereotyping: general impressions and beliefs about females and males, ex: men are powerful; women are weak. Men make good doctors; women make good nurses. Men are good with numbers; women are good with words. Instrumental: traits associated with boys (ex: independent, aggressive, and power oriented) From conception, females have a longer life expectancy than males, and females are less likely than males to develop physical or mental disorders. Females more resistant to infection, blood vessels are more elastic than males. Males have higher levels of stress hormones, which cause faster clotting and higher blood pressure: brain structure: One part of the hypothalamus involved in sexual behavior tends to be larger in men than in women.
