Cultural & Media Influences on Gender Roles Flashcards
what is culture?
Consensus norms, traditions and morals that are valued by a society.
what are the 3 primative societies?
- arapesh
- mundugumor
- tchambul
what are the men like in the arapesh society
Gentle, cooperative, kind
what are the men like in the mundugumor society?
aggressive and narcissistic
what are the men like in the tchambul society?
Emotionally fragile, sensitive, anxious
what are the women like in the Arapesh society?
Gentle, cooperative, kind
what are the women like in the Mundugumor society?
aggressive and narcissistic
what are the women like in the Tchambuli society?
Assertive, hostile, domineering
what was mead’s 1935 study based on?
it was an overt study in papa new ginuea
what was banduras and bussey 1999 study show
they analysed tv and media and they found that men and
bandura and bussey 1999 codes for women
dependent, anxious/hysterical, unambitious, emotional, two-dimensional
bandura and bussey 1999 codes for men
confident, independent, assertive, interesting, complex, strong
how are men and women presented in tv (hodges 1981)
Men are shown in control; women are shown to be helpless
conley et al 2011
most women are physically flawless and emotionally passive; while men are clumsy but more accomplished
how was the amount of tv you watches a week as a child ages 6-12 hrs a week have an effect on your gender stereotypes?
> 25 hours/week expressed significantly more stereotypes than those watching <10 hours/week (McGhee et al., 1980)
