Psychology 2035A/B Chapter 11: Psychology 2035- Gender and Behaviour- Chapter 11
16 Dec 2013
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Dr summers (president of harvard) focused remarks to issue of women"s underrepresentation in tenured positions in science and engineering at top universities. Acknowledged differences in socialization and patterns of discrimination between men and women. Ranked innate gender differences in mathematical and scientific ability as having greater importance in explaining the gender disparity. Combination of the [expectations for high powered jobs] and the differing variances probably explains a fair amount of this problem. Prefer gender- refers to male=female differences that are learned, sex- designate biologically based differences between males and females. Gender; the state of being male or female. Gender says nothing about the causes of behaviour. Gender identity: an individual"s perception of himself or herself as a male or female. Gender stereotypes: widely held and often inaccurate beliefs about males and females abilities, personality traits and social behaviour. Beliefs about typical attributes of men and women are widely shared. Gender stereotypes have remained quite stable since 70s especially for men.
