PSY 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gender Role, Wilhelm Wundt, Masculinity
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Psychological features & socio- cultural expecta;ons that in uence maleness & femaleness. Di erences between females and males. Traits and behaviors that are regarded by the culture as appropriate to men and women. Scheme for social categoriza;on of individual. Private experience of self as female or male. Sets of behaviors, socially de ned as appropriate for one"s sex i. e. women being caretakers and men being aggressive. Structured set of shared cultural beliefs about the personal amributes of men and women, boys and girls. May be based on probabili;es. Many people deviate from stereotypes and it is not necessarily a bad thing. Bias against someone on the basis of their sex i. e. hiring a young married guy vs a young married girl. Con ict between evolu)onary psychology & the biosocial view of gender di erences. Evolu;onary psychology: essen)alist view hypothesizing that gender di erences are biologically based. A great deal of exibility in gender- linked di erences.