Gender and Social Interaction

An unselfish concern for the welfare of other people

Evaluating evidence and form beliefs on the basis of their evaluations

Praising a boy for playing with a football is gender typing through

When people exert less effort when part of a group than when they are performing alone

Better at verbal tasks, nurturing, talk about feelings

Distorted beliefs about how men and women should behave

Trained to diagnose and treat individuals with various psychological disorders

View one's successes as stemming from internal forces and failures from external forces

Improved performance of tasks because of the presence of others

Expectations about how males and females should behave

To modify one's beliefs and attitudes so they are consistent with those of other people

Talk more, more aggressive, focus on physical attractiveness when selecting a mate

The tendency for people to give in to major demands once they have given in to minor ones

Works with students,teachers, & administrators to make the school the best possible environment

Unspoken, unwritten rules

Did research to find out whether the average person would obey commands from authority figures

The standards of behavior that people share

Beliefs & feelings about objects, people, & events that lead individuals to act in certain ways

Spoken or written rules of social behavior (traffic rules)

Did research on conformity

The tendency to be reluctant to give aid when others are present

The strengthening of a group's shared attitudes