Sexism

Question 1

Hoffman (1975)

Answer 1

found boys and girls did not differ in ability to resist temptation.

Question 2

Buss (1989)

Answer 2

found mate selection is driven by reproduction: Men prefer younger, attractive women (fertile), Women preferred older, hard working men (resources)

Question 3

Kurdeck & Schmitt (1986)

Answer 3

found levels of love and liking were similar for both types of relationship

Question 4

Scarbourough & Furumoto (1987)

Answer 4

“The history of psychology is the history of male psychology”.
- Argued that psychology has a masculinist bias, that publicises the achievements of men, and downplays the role that female researchers have played.

Question 5

Strickland (1987)

Answer 5

pointed out that women made up a third of all employed psychologists, and half of all those gaining PhDs each year.