PSYC 320 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Tagula Island, Asian Americans, Collectivism
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Gender in the experience and expression of emotion. Emotions stereotypically more displayed by women- happiness, sadness, disgust, fear, and surprise. Plant, hyde, keltner, & devine (2000)- participants tended to interpret women"s reactions as sadness rather than anger and had trouble seeing women as angry, even when their emotions were obviously angry. Parmley & cunningham (2008)- preschool children tended to interpret women"s responses as indicating sadness, but in men, same responses interpreted as anger. Men experienced more positive emotions (excitement and calm) Women experienced more negative emotions (anxiety and sadness) No difference in anger- doesn"t match with higher rates of crime among men. Women who lived w/ young children experienced more negative emotions than those that did not- inconsistent w/ stereotype of maternal instinct. Origins of biological basis of maternal instinct go back to charles darwin- evolutionary account; energies go towards reproduction and caregiving, not towards intelligence.
