a01 cultural influences on gender role

Question 1

How does study of cultural influences help us

Answer 1

If biology is am in fact ore I determing gender role then we’d expect to find similarities in the division of labour

If it’s socialisation then we’d expect variation between culture in the different roles taken on by men and women

Question 2

What are the 2 sections for cultural similarities and variations

Answer 2

Cultural similarities: division of labour

Cultural variatoons:
Magnitude of sex differences

Question 3

Talk about division of labour

Answer 3

All societies have some gender division of labour and behaviour
Some gender roles are shared but in no society did they find food preparation to be mainly man’s role

This is shown by mead
Williams and best
Buss

Question 4

Talk about meads study showing gender division of labour

Answer 4

Study in papa new Guinea

Found a rapes mean and women to be gentle, responsive and cooperative
Mundugumor men and women more violent and aggressive seeking power
Tchambuli exhibited gender role diff women were dominant, men more emotionally independent

Question 5

Talk about will isms and bests study

Answer 5

Tested 300 students in 30 countries
Pps asked to answer whether adjectives associated with males or females
General agreement that mean we’re seen as dominant, aggressive and autonomous. Women more nurturing, deferent, and interested in affiliation

Suggesting universal gender stereotypes

But task was forced choice
Task related to stereotypes and not actual behaviours
Pps uni students who share common attributes

Question 6

Talk about buss study

Answer 6

Found gender diff in terms of mate preference universal diff too

Question 7

Who gave evidence for cultural variations in terms of magnitude of sex differences

Answer 7

Berry et al

Question 8

What did berry et al do and find

Answer 8

Looked at male Superiority on spatial perceptual tasks in 17 societies
Found this Superiority only fount in tightly knit sedentary societies but absent in looser nomadic societies

Question 9

Conclusions from berry et al study

Answer 9

Sex differences on spatial perceptual tasks interact with ecological and cultural factors

Also tested conformity. Found it to be highest in tight sedentary societies with a correlations between this sex difference and and an ecocultural index of plus .78

Highest in women