PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Surgency, Inhibitory Control Test, Real Sex
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Psyb30 chapter 16: sex, gender, and personality: escalating levels of sexism, despite advances of feminism, ultimately destroys girls" self-esteem, success of the book claiming that , first, people are intrinsically fascinated with psychological sex. Calculation of effect size: how large are the sex differences: most commonly used statistic in meta-analysis is the effect size, or d statistic, d statistic is used to express a difference in standard deviation units, ex. 0. 5: men place a greater importance on the value of power, tend to value social status and dominance more than women, may show up in group contexts, men interrupt others in mixed sex groups more. Intellect- openness to experience: no sex differences ( d= -0. 07, used 3 data sources: self, spouse and independent interviewer reports. Basic emotions: frequency and intensity: eight fundamental emotions were examined, four positive emotions (affection, joy, Other dimensions of personality: self-esteem, sexuality and mating, and the people things dimension explored.
