Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Apple Community, Gender Bender, Body Image

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: William Fisher

Document Summary

Gender role a set of norms, or culturally prescribed expectations that define how people of a certain gender should behave. Stereotype a certain set of beliefs about a group of people that distinguishes those from others and is applied to all members of that group. Heterosexuality very important in gender roles: i. e. , feminine women are expected to be sexually attractive to men and in turn to be attracted to them. Women who violate any part of this role - for example, lesbians because they are not attracted to men are viewed as violators of gender roles and are considered masculine. Gender schema set of ideas (about behaviors, personality, appearance, etc. ) that we associate with males and females. Often leads to distort or fail to remember information that is stereotype inconsistent: difficult to change people"s stereotyped notions because we leave out information that contradicts the stereotypes.