PSYC 305 Chapter 16: Chapter 16 - Sex, Gender and Personality
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Sex difference an average difference between women and men on certain characteristics, with no prejudgment about the cause of the difference. Gender social interpretations of what it means to be a man or a woman. Gender stereotypes beliefs about how men and women differ or are supposed to differ, in contrast to what the actual differences are. The science and politics of studying sex and gender. Scientific psychology and social change will be impossible without coming to terms with the real sex differences that exist. Temperament in children: temperament reflects biologically based emotional and behavioural consistencies that appear early in life and predict patterns and outcomes in numerous other domains. Perceptual sensitivity the ability to detect subtle stimuli from the environment: at d= -0. 38, girls appear to be more sensitive than boys to subtle and low- intensity signals from their external world. Surgency a cluster of including approach behavior, high.
