Gender

Question 1

Eagly and Carli Experiment 1981

Answer 1

Eagly and Carli analysed conformity research data between genders, including data from variations of Solomon Asch’s experiment. In 1987, Eagly theorised that men and women show different levels of conformity because of their different social roles. He theorised that women are more likely to conform because they don’t like group conflict whereas men are less likely to conform because they are expected to show independence and assertiveness.

Question 2

Gender

Answer 2

psychological characteristics associated with being male or female

Question 3

Kitzinger (1998)

Answer 3

argued that most differences between men and women due to political reasons, eg women are oppressed, stereotypes and have different rights, and are kept out of male-dominated universities

Question 4

Maccoby and Jacklin (1974)

Answer 4

found that men are better at visual, spatial and arithmetic tasks when compared to women

Question 5

Mead (1935)

Answer 5

studied gender roles across three tribes in Papua New Guinea. The Arapesh valued co-operating, raised children to be gentle and loving, and child-bearing was highly-valued and seen as a job for both parents. The Mundugumor were quarrelsome, fierce and arrogant, treated children harshly and admitted hating child-rearing. The Tchambuli regarded men as emotional and unfit for making serious decisions, but in all tribes the men went to war