PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Gender Role, Display Rules, Sleep Deprivation
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Are particular to each culture and dictate what kind of expression people are supposed to show. Ex men cannot grieve or cry, but it"s acceptable for women to grieve or. Nonverbal gestures that have well understood definitions within a given culture; they usually have direct verbal translations, such as okay or up yours (middle finger) or peace . However it is not universal within every culture. A type of schema people use to group various kinds of personality traits together; for example many people believe that if someone is kind, he or she is also generous as well. People use schemas to form impressions on people. If i think you"re nice, you will also be generous in lending me some money because i i think you"re nice . Or you might think that a stingy person is also irritable. You can extrapolate from a small to a much larger amount of information.
