Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Anxiety Disorder, Fellatio, Relational Aggression

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Gender similarities and differences studies abilities, personality traits, and social behaviour. Male stereotype is more complimentary than female stereotype. Gender male-female differences that are learned. Sex biologically based differences between males and females. Gender stereotypes widely shared beliefs about males" and females". Meta-analysis combines the statistical results of many studies of the same question, yielding an estimate of the size and consistency of a variable"s effect. Gender similarities hypothesis men and women are similar on most: allows researchers to assess overall trends across all the previous psychological variables and, if there is a difference it is quite small. Girls and women have the edge in the verbal area. Better at reading scores, and verbally fluent: mathematical abilities. No longer differences in general mathematical performance. Boys slightly outperform girls in high school with complex problem solving. Small differences appear to favour boys: spatial abilities. Perceiving and mentally manipulating shapes and figures. Personality traits and social behaviour: self-esteem.