Influence of the media

Question 1

what is cross cultural research?

Answer 1

• nature/nurture as if gender roles are same across cultures, it shows innate/biological difference between genders

Question 2

what are cultural differences?

Answer 2

• mead (35) did study of gender in new guinea
  arapesh were gentle and responsive
• Tchambuli where women dominated and men were passive
• suggests gender is culturally determined

Question 3

what is cultural similarities?

Answer 3

• Buss (95) found cosistent mate patterns in 37 countries
• women seek wealth amd mean seek youth + attractiveness
• Munroe and munore
  (75) found males were breadwinners and females were nurturers

Question 4

• criticism of Mead’s research:

Answer 4

• freeman accused mead of observer bias and being mislead by the Samoa people

Question 5

• Imposed etics:

Answer 5

• western methods may be meaningless in other cultural settings
• should include indigenous research

Question 6

what are rigid stereotypes?

Answer 6

• busy and bandora found males are autonomous and females or unambitious

Question 7

What is info giving?

Answer 7

• kids who watch more popular tv have more gender stereotypes (McGhee and Frueh)
• expose increases child’s ability to perform same behaviour observed

Question 8

• correlation, not causation:

Answer 8

• research lack control groups of kids who don’t see media

Question 9

• counter stereotypes:

Answer 9

• promotes counter stereotyping

- this can create backlash (Pingree)