PSYC 3480 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-6: Faraday Effect, Dysmenorrhea, Reading Disability

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3480
• Professor: Noreen Stuckless

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Gender typing - how children acquire their knowledge about gender and how they develop their gender- related personality characteristics, preferences, skills, behaviors, and self-concepts. The first event is conception, when genetic sex is determined. Female and male embryos are anatomically identical for the first weeks after conception. Prostaglandins are substances that the body produces in high concentrations just before menstruation, and they can cause severe cramps. Spatial abilities include understanding, perceiving, and manipulating shapes and figures. Males are sometimes more self-confident than females on achievement tasks, especially (a) on tasks involving public estimates of self confidence, (b) on traditionally masculine tasks, and (c) when a person has strong beliefs about gender differences. Co(cid:373)(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts f(cid:396)o(cid:373) othe(cid:396) people a(cid:396)e (cid:373)o(cid:396)e likel(cid:455) to i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s self(cid:272)o(cid:374)fide(cid:374)(cid:272)e tha(cid:374) (cid:373)e(cid:374)"s. Women are somewhat more likely than men to define personal success in terms of a balance between professional achievement and personal relationships. Women and men tend to use similar attributions when explaining their successes.