Chapter 5

Question 1

Know the difference between “sex” and “gender”

Answer 1

sex is biological, gender is social (stereotypes, norms and roles society designated as female or male)

Question 2

Know what research indicates on differences between males and females (aggression, sexuality, etc)

Answer 2

aggression - males tend to be more aggressive
sexuality - men tend to be more forward sexually and think about it more
connectedness vs independence - men tend to be more independent, while women tend to look towards their social connections
social dominance - more men in leadership positions

Question 3

Know to what extent there are gender similarities vs. gender differences

Answer 3

there are mostly similarities - the major differences are that men have a Y chromosome and most have a penis while women do not
in terms of physical differences (body, size, height), there is 92% overlap, and in psychological differences there is 98% overlap

Question 4

Be able to distinguish between the cultural perspective and the evolutionary perspective in terms of explaining gender differences

Answer 4

gender differences are mostly from cultural things

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Question 5

Know the hindsight criticism of evolutionary psychology

Answer 5

not done