Ch. 5: Culture and Gender Roles Flashcards
Are social roles fixed or can they change?
they can change
What powerful effects do social roles have?
knowing how to behave
Sex
biological differences
Gender
social differences of our sex; categorizations
gender roles
set of behavior expectations for each gender
Societies with more gender equality are
less likely to engage in war and are less violent
Gender differences
- Traits
- Abilities
- Dominance Orientation
- Aggression
Traits for women
relational, warm, nurturing, emotional
Traits for men
independent, cold, uncaring and competitive
Women Are Wonderful Effect
associates positive qualities with females
Abilities for women
verbal and emotional
Abilities for men
Math and Science
Dominance Orientation for women
followers, don’t interrupt, polite and passive
Dominance Orientation for men
hunters, more likely to commit murder/ crimes
face-ism
only showing mens faces means you see men for their intellect
institutional support
ads, TV shows, children’s books
Evolutionary psychology
study of evolution of cognition and behavior using principles of natural selection
What does evolutionary psychology highlight
characteristics that have evolved and/or survived
What does evolutionary psychology predicts there are no
sex differences in domains where sexes face similar adaptive challenges
What does evolutionary psychology predicts there are
sex differences in behaviors relevant to mating and reproduction
What aid Baumeister said
we are the cultural animal
Most important similarity between cultures
capacity to learn and adapt
epigenetics
explores expression of genes across different environments
Example of epigenetics
having genes for depression but not developing it unless exposed to trauma/stressors to trigger the depression gene
