AQA Psychology- Unit 3
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- Created on: 31-05-16 11:32
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2. What did Hare et al propose?
- Mental illness and trauma lead to gender confusion as a way of coping
- Males had SDN 2 x bigger than females. MtF transsexuals have a SDN the size of females
- 112 MtF transsexuals had a longer version of the androgen receptor leading to reduced testosterone
- Overly close relations between mother- son leads to gender confusion
3. What did Eagly and Wood's research find?
- Repetition of Buss' study to find again that gender is innate
- 37 cultures, showing similarities in mate preferences, suggesting that gender is innate
- 2800 students, 30 countries, asked to say whether each of 300 adjectives were female or male sterotypes, and consistency was found across all countries
- Cultural differences: Differences in agression found between the Arapesh, Mundugumor and Tchumbuli tribes
4. Whatd did Reiner and Gearhart find?
- The size of the SDN is 2x larger in males than females and in MtF transsexuals had the SDN size of a woman
- 14 (XY) males with cloacal extrophy were assigned females at birth but despite this, all were mascualine and 8/14 reversed to male
- Testosterone was injected into rats and the girl babies born were both physically and mentally mascualine
- A case study of a boy who has his penis burn't off and was converted into a female, however he later returned to male
5. What did Kuhn and Steinder find?
- Neanderthal's skeletons were analysed and it was found they showed no division of labour which is why they died out
- 10,000 ppts, 37 cultures, found mate choice was consistent across cultures
- Men had higher cortisol levels during times of stress compared to women, potentially due to them not tending and befriending as much as women
- Lonley hearts ads were analysed and it was found that mate choice was consistent across cultures
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