Psychology 2075 Study Guide - Gender Role, Strain Gauge, Visible Minority

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Corey Isaacs

Document Summary

Gender role a set of norms or culturally prescribed expectations that define how people of one gender ought to behave. Traditional sexual script (tss) the heterosexual script is the most pervasive in north america: scripts cognitive frameworks for how people are expected to behave in social situations, aspects of tss: Men are oversexed (having strong sexual needs) and women are undersexed. High sexual experience enhances men"s, but decreases women"s perceived status (stud vs. slut) Men are expected to be sexperts and to take responsibility for their own and their female partner"s sexual pleasure and orgasm. Men are supposed to be the initiators. Women are expected to be sexual gatekeepers and place limits, so they don"t seem to sexually available. The more children identify with a particular gender, the more they are motivated to incorporate attributes of that gender into their self-concept.