Gender - biosocial explanations

Question 1

patriarchy

Answer 1

male dominated society

Question 2

what is the biosocial approach to explaining gender

Answer 2

gender differences emerge from complex interaction between biologically based sex differences, culture and developmental processes

Question 3

who are the key psychologists associated with biosocial explanations of gender

Answer 3

Wood and Eagly

Question 4

what did Wood and Eagly say about the patriarchy

Answer 4

the sex that can more easily perform activities that yield status and power are advantaged in gender hierarchy. so, if women didn’t have childcare responsibilities, they would be more powerful in society

Question 5

how do boys and girls become different

Answer 5

socialisation

Question 6

Wood and Eagly study

Answer 6

cross-cultural studies, considered non-industrialised societies. secondary data was used and a representative sample.

Question 7

what did Wood and Eagly find in their study

Answer 7

in non-industrial societies, men provided food and women were more involved in childcare. divisions of jobs are present in all cultures but exact roles depend on culture

Question 8

Ember food getting (1978)

Answer 8

analysed foraging societies. about 60% in sub-saharan Africa were foraging as gathering was the key form. only 1% of women foraging in America where hunting and fishing were more common forms of foraging