PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Gender Role, Social Proof, Ambivalent Sexism
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Dualistic view people can have agentic (instrumental and independent doing things") and communal traits. People can have positive view of women but negative view of equal rights. Men may react badly to power threats. Bandura boys and girls get aggressive when they see an adult model that behaviour. As we get older, gender gets more rigid. Men and women have traditional labour roles in the household. Women = attractive = positive emotions = you want to buy things. Facism: greater facial prominence of depictions of men in the media vs. women. Subjects in facially prominent photos were seen as more intelligent. When women see traditional photos they are less likely to report interest in political participation. Women also wrote more communal based essays than men when shows traditional photos. Cognitive processes can be disrupted/eliminated by exposing the individual to counter stereotype info. Differences in male and female behaviour are adaptations. Social roles theory 3 tenets p 214.
