Gender Flashcards
Until the mid 1970’s, the dominant view was
that females conform more then males
Eagly and Carli conducted research that suggested
that it females don’t conform more then men
Eagly and Carli date
1981
Eagly and Carli conducted a
meta analysis
Eagly and Carli analysed research from a number of
conformity studies
Eagly and Carli did find that there was some differences between
sex conformity but the differences were inconsistent
the clearest difference between men and women was in Asch-like studies where
there was group pressure from an audience
Eagly date
1987
Eagly argued that men and womens different social roles explain
the difference in conformity
Eagly said women are more concerned with group harmony so
conform more to agree with others
Eagly also said that maintaining your own opinion under pressure was a masculine trait so
that’s why men don’t conform as much as women