Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Gender Variance, Sex Organ, Meta-Analysis

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

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Disti(cid:374)guish betwee(cid:374) the ter(cid:373)s (cid:862)se(cid:454)(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)ge(cid:374)der. (cid:863) a(cid:374)al(cid:455)ze the role that ge(cid:374)der pla(cid:455)s i(cid:374) our self-perceptions and behavior: sex: [reference to] sexual anatomy or biology, gender, psychological, social, cultural. Natural selection favors behaviors that maximizes the chances of passing on genes to the next generation. Gender differences in personality, cognitive abilities, aggression, and sexual behavior are found in many cultures. Male are thought to be more sexually active and permissive because they invest less than females in the process of procreation and can maximize their reproductive success by seeking many sexual partners. Females are more selective about mating than males are, males have to engage in more competition for sexual partners than females do. Greater aggression is though to be adaptive for males in this competition for sexual access because it should foster social dominance over other males. Evolutionary hypothesis are highly speculative and difficult to test empirically.