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Chapter 8 final Flashcards

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Emphasizes there char. of the person as a determinant of friendship

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dispositional level of analysis

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Emphasizes the diff. positions of women and men in society

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Structural level of analysis

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There at least 2 levels of analyses to the study of gender and friendship:

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Dispositional level of analysis

Structural level of analysis

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n example of structural level of analysis is the research showing that men have more cross-sex relationships than women, why?

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bc men are more likely than women to work outside the home

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The situational variables on gender and friendships are

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quantity and quality

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refers to the # of friends of the size of network

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quantity

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refers to the nature of the friendship (intimate/close)

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quality

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——- are more likely to interact in dyads and to spend time talking to one another where as—— are more likely to spend time in large groups that are focused on some activity

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Girls

boys

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girls primary social network=

boys primary social network+

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G=consisted of friends

B=both friends and none friends

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what is one reason why it is difficult to determine if there are sex-differences in the size of friendship networks is

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that the concept of friend may differ for women and men

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it is likely/unlikely that network size differs vastly b.w. girls and boys b/w women and men

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unlikely

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it may appear sometimes that boys have more friends than girls, because

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boys play in larger groups than girls

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boys view friendships as ——— : a friend is someone with whom you do things

girls view friendship as more —— : a friend is someone with whom you connect

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instrumental

emotional

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study of college students show that females find more —— in their friendships compared to males, whereas males find more ——— in their friendships compared to females

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intimacy

companionship

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We begin to find a dispositional element of sex coming into play:

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women self-disclose in same sex relationship

men less self-disclosing in sam-sex relationship but may be more disclosing in cross sex relationships

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Women rate ———– of a relationship to be more important

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affective aspects

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Women believe in ———–, making a person feel good about themselves

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comforting

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men rate —— one another, casual conversation and conveying information

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entertaining

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The difference of men and women may be increased by ————–

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gender schema influence

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woman’s friendships are more——- compared to men, largely due to the emphasis on ——–

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communal

self-disclosure

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question/issue: whether the ————- varies from females to males

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nature of the shared activities

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The expressive/instrumental distinction in the nature of female and males friendships also has been linked to potential differences in the ways females and males provide support….women are more likely to respond to others’ probs. by ———- and men respond to others’ probe by ———

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offering sympathy

offering advice

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women and men may be confirming ———–

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gender-role stereotypes

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both men and women rate ——- as important element in friendship

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self-disclosure

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men define themselves as ——- and society define women on ———–

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who they are

how they are supposed to act

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Story of the african american males= women have ——- relationships (this is mutual exchanges)

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reciprocal relationships

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both men and women want a friend who is:

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  • trustworthy
  • source of support
  • source of fun and relaxation
  • are likely to perceive themselves as similar to their friend
  • spend a substantial amount of time in convo with their friends
  • Egalitarianism
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in the study of rating which to be more important amongst men and women, they both agreed that the

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affective aspects of friendship were more important than the instrumental aspects of friendship

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————- is another important features of friendship for both men and women

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Egalitarianism (which is more favorable bc it is more equal)

30
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friendship by def. implies-

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equal status

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The primary diff. in the nature of men’s and women’s friendships is that an activity is the focus of men’s ———- and ———— in the focus of women’s interactions.

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interactions

conversation

32
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It is clear that female friendships are more communal than males, but the sex diff. in the ———- friendship is less clear.
men and women may spend time sharing activities in diff. ways so that shared activities are more—– for wmn than men

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instrumental

intimate

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Although some of these findings generalize to diff. cultures, there are ethnic diff in friendship within the US.
the female emphasis on —— and the male lack of —— are more characteristic of ——- friendships than the friendships of ——–

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self-disclosure
self disclosure
white people’s
ethnic groups

34
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Friendship:
wmn=
men=

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internal variables

external variables

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Story of African AMerican males:

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women have reciprocal relationships

36
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Research Measure:

Problem-man and women define the same concepts diff and this scale is

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bias towards women def.

37
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Which form is used most for the friendship scaling and who was it made by?

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Acquaintance Description Form(13 scales that help define friendships)

38
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This is a real time examination of meaningfulness of interactions in your life
to describe the nature of social interactions on a day-to-day or moment-to-moment basis

Typical report:

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Rochester Interactions Record (RIR)

7-8=10 min interactions during the avg day

39
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using RIR Ries,Senchak, & Solomon, 1985) findings suggested

what design was this?

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  1. women’s accounts were more intimate than mens
  2. women and men are equally capable of intimacy, men prefer not to behave as intimately as women

mixed, qualitative and qualitative

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What does cross-cultural research suggest, and why

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some of the sex diff. in intimacy are a western phenomenon
in the 3 western cultures men were more intimate w/women than w/men or were equally intimate to men and women
TF the link of intimacy to WOMEN appears to be a facet of western culture

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What was one problem to the conclusion that women’s relationships are closer than those of men in US has to do with

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the way the closeness of intimacy is measured

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how is intamacy often measured?

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by self-disclosure, and wmn self-disclose more than men.

Intimacy (feminine)=self-disclosure (masculine)

B/c women may be more likely to express intimacy through self-disclosure, and men may be more likely to express intimacy through activities than there would be less evidence for women’s friendships being more intimate than those of men

43
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why might men not have or not have close relationships?

Have;

Not have;

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Have-
-defense of terr. 
-hunting
-maintaining good social order
-(biological aspect of why men do have friendships)
Not have; 
-fearing affiliation with men
-competition; hyper-competition, enjoyment of competition and personal development (ok)
-social comparison; non-hostile
-homophobia
-emotional inexpressiveness
44
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females also engage in a form of self-disclosure with friends that is referred to as

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co-rumination

45
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what is co-rumination:

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repeatedly discusiing problems, including the causes, the consequences, and negative feelings, with a friend

46
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co-rumination is related to ——– but also related to

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a higher friendship quality

greater anxiety and depression

47
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There are many situation variables that effect self-disclosure:

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  • motivated to self-disclosure
  • future interaction
  • men who score high on masculinity scales self-disclose to women more
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men will not disclose if revealing

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weakness or showing vulnerabilities is involved

49
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in one study women are viewed as what if they disclose

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healthy

50
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————– also affect disclosure

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situational variables

males scored high in disclosing with a female if there was to be later interaction, if no later interaction than the disclosure towards male and females for men were the same

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Male friendships were more ——- competitive than female friendships

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overly

female friendships can be competitive but is not as direct or overt

52
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there are 3 kinds of competition:

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hypercompetition
non-hostile social comparison
enojoyment of competition

53
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Hypercompetition

related?

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involves an intense desire to win at all costs without any regard to effect an opponent

-more conflict and less closeness in friendships for both boys and girls

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non-hostile social comparison

related?

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when we compare our achievement to that of another but without anger , hostility or jealousy

-was related to more friendship closeness for boys

55
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enjoyment of competition

related?

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reflects an intense engagement in competitive activity

-unrelated to friendship depended on the nature of the competition

56
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defined at the fear of homosexuality or the fear of appearing homosexual

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homophobia

57
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Who has more conflict in friendship; males or females-

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females

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why is there more conflict in female relationships than male friendship

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-females have more difficulty resolving conflict compared to males, they may express their distress in more subtle ways

59
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women have ——— (type of conflict) in their friendships

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relational aggression

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when it comes to conflict women

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accomodate and compromise, when the do assert themselves that are more likely to give a rational

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men respond to conflict by asserting

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their own interest and more hostile strategies

62
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Cross sex friendships who has more as they get older?

what are the dynamics?

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growing men

sim. dynamics as same sex relationships. personality traits the same

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