Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Gender Role, Emotional Expression, Masturbation

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

Document Summary

Gender is the state of being male or female. Gender stereotypes are widely shared beliefs about males" and females" abilities, personality. Instrumentality an orientation toward action and accomplishment, refers to masculine traits. Expressiveness an orientation toward emotion and relationships, refers to feminine traits. The topic of gender involves many closely related ideas that are easily confused. The gender-related concepts introduced in this chapter are summarized here for easy comparison. traits, and social behavior. Gender stereotypes are widely known and related to many diverse aspects of psychological functioning. This is a partial list of the characteristics that college students associate with a typical man and a typical woman. Gender stereotypes have remained remarkably stable in spite of all the recent changes relating to gender issues in modern societies. 1980s: the traditional male stereotype is seen as more complimentary. This is called androcentrism, or the belief that the male is the norm. conventional female stereotype.