PSYC 3480 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6-9: Proxemics, Psych, Reverse Discrimination
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Social constructionist approach: we construct or invent our own versions of reality, based on prior experiences, social interactions and beliefs: often focuses on language as a mechanism for categorizing our experiences (example: experiences about gender, gender differences are usually largest when other people are present, gender differences are generally largest when gender is prominent and other, gender differences are usually largest when the behavior requires specific gender shares roles and minimized related skills. Empathy: understand the emotion that another person is feeling, you experience the same emotion, you are concerned about that person"s well being: females and males are equally empathic when the operational definition requires physiological measures (heart rate, females and males are equally empathic when the operational definition requires nonverbal measures (facial expression, vocal and gestural measures, females are more empathic than males when the operational definition is based on self repot (friends problems)