PSYCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Parenting Styles, Stereotype Threat, Smoking And Pregnancy
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Gender roles- set of expectations, defined by a particular society, that indicate what is appropriate for males and females. Androgynous- high on masculinity and femininity, can adopt both gender roles at once. Gender aschematic- doesn"t view world in male-female terms, has no gender schema . Most women fail to appreciate all that men do for them. Women seek to gain power by getting control over men. Most women interpret innocent remarks or acts as being sexist. Women should be cherished and protected by men . Many women have a quality of purity that few men possess. A good woman ought to be set on a pedestal by her man. Gender gap: discrepancy between men"s and women"s wages. Stereotype threat- a condition when a person is at risk of confirming as self-characteristic, a negative stereotype about one"s group . Stereotype threat can affect performance in a number of ways.