PSY 3121 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Parental Leave, Maale People, Glass Ceiling
16 Oct 2011
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Achievement striving: is society allowing them to strive for success or is the success of women looked down upon because it is unattractive for a women to have too much power. Fear of success: the fear that women who are successful are going to negatively affect men"s employment and advancement opportunities. Racial and cultural variations: is it culturally accepted for women to seek success. The token woman," this undermines her status in the work place by giving her this title. Role model, teachers and mentor: if her only role models are those who work traditional roles of women then she may be less likely to go outside of these boundaries. Facilitation in women"s development: maternal employment. Does she stay employed while she is on maternity leave: supportive fathers/ husbands. Husbands not belittling the amount of effort her tasks take at home if she is a stay at home.
