Jaymie Ticknor Developmental Psychology 3620 Sect 853 20 November 2013 Lecture 32 GRDSD Chapter Powerpoint Gender Segregation and Gender Intensification Gender Segregation begins in preschool and comes into full flower in the end of the elementary school play with same sex kids Natural preferences on playmates consolidate gender difference Early adolescence gender intensification pay attention to opposite sex segregation loosens up Gender segregation declines in mid to late adolescence girls more open minded Group Difference in Gender Stereotyped Beliefs GSB boys demonstrate stronger GSB than girls Preschoolers higher GSB than adolescents adolescents similar with adults higher SES individuals more flexible African American less GSB than White greater pressure on boys Androgyny is having characteristics of both genders tender and strong Self esteem is linked to masculinity for both males and females power structure in the society internalized inferiority Differences between Women and Men mental abilities language development reading and writing female male in childhood Spatial abstract reasoning and high end math male female throughout more than 95 overlap difference most salient in top 3 groups Temperaments and personality traits emotional sensitivity female male activity level physical aggression male female and impulse control female male Developmental problems and genetic disorders learning disorder ADHD 9 1 boys ratio compared to girls Conduct Disorder genetic mental retardation etc male female Evolutionary and Biological Basis sex differences in behavior seen in 97 mammals male ancestors hunt and compete for mates female ancestors rear children Women s brains differ from men s in earlier develop in left hemisphere of cerebral cortex 23 thicker corpus callosum smaller hypothalamus linked with endocrine system functions in sex arousal and aggressive behavior for men Androgens testosterone family cultures influence the intensity of biologically based sex differences
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