PSY 3121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Gender Role, Femininity, Masculinity

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3121
• Professor: Mary Theresa Howard

Document Summary

Measures 2 factors known to occur within a group of people. Definition of a variable in terms of operations used to obtain data on that variable. Operational definition: rather than in terms of concepts underlying that variable. Sources of bias: objectivefeminine seen as feelings and subjectivity). Disadvantage is that it perpetuates the emphasis on gender differences that they criticizethis could emotionally harm participants. Term that applies to those who want to create a woman centered approach to. Result based on statistical analysis that was unlikely to have occurred on the. Discussion centered on specific topic (6-8 people, rarely more than 12) Masculine versus feminine values (masculine seen as rational and. Important result with practical implications: campbell & wasco (2000); riger (1992, harding (2004); harding & norberg (2005, anderson (2002); whelan (2001) Combine qualitative and quantitative data from several studies. Beliefs about the psychological traits/ activities appropriate to men or women.