PSYC 3480 Lecture 5: Lecture 5 – Women’s psych.docx

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The handout will be given out in class feb. 17th. Even those significant differences are very small. Factors that can influence the size of gender differences (confounds: size of perceived differences can appear to be larger than they really are. Social factors related to size of gender differences in social and personality. Gender differences are largest when behavior is measured in terms of self-report: not because people are trying to lie but they have a tendency to want to show themselves in a good light ---- so they may exaggerate. Women may show themselves more prone to nurture because that s what they are supposed to be doing . Gender differences are largest when other people are present: expected to act a in a certain way, people act in a way society expects them to act. Gender differences are largest when gender is prominent and other shared roles are minimized.

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