04:192:200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Instrumentalism, Balance Theory, Physical Attractiveness
30 Oct 2014
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Communications test 2 study guide: define gender-role and know how it differs from sex-role. Gender roles are the typical expectations between the sexes by society; gender related rules about behavior and communication. Sex roles are biological and poor predictors of communication between sexes. Be able to define and give examples of them. Explain: instrumental: self direction, self assertion, goal orientation, control independence, decisiveness, expressive: interpersonal orientation and emotional characteristics, such as kindness, sensitivity to others, and need for affiliation. A stereotypical man is low expressiveness and high instrumentalism and a stereotypical woman is low instrumentalism and high expressiveness. An androgynous + means the individual is high in both, and an androgynous means the individual is low in both. It is stereotypical by both genders that men are instrumental and are more self-oriented, arrogant, and dominant. It is stereotypical by both genders that women are expressive and are more other-oriented and passive-aggressive.
