Bem argued that such individuals are more adaptable in different situations, have higher self-esteem and a greater awareness sense of emotional well being. Bem stressed that androgynous men and women have a different cognitive style from traditionally sexed- typed people because an androgynous person when faced with a decision about how to behave responds independently of any gender concept whereas a traditionally sex-typed person determines what would be appropriate from their gender using gender schemas. Supporting the idea that there is a link between androgyny and flexibility, Bem found that masculine and androgynous individuals showed lower levels of conformity than feminine women. However, these findings are not really surprising. The Male scale on the BSRI measure assertiveness and resisting pressures to conform, and the Female scale measures femininity in terms of nurturance and expressive traits.
• Format your paper to APA standards. PSY 375 Week 2 DQs 1 , 2 PSY 375 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Middle Childhood and Adolescence Development Paper Learning Team Assignment Middle Childhood and Adolescence Development Paper • Prepare a 1,500- to 1,700-word paper in which you address adolescence and how this stage affects development. Include where appropriate the positive and/or negative consequences of developmental choices during this time period. • Address the following items: • Describe changes in peer relationships in middle childhood and adolescence. • Examine aspects of adolescent egocentrism.
A VO2 max score can be calculated using the equation VO2 max = 88.768-(0.0957*wt)-(.3877*age)+(8.892*gen)-(1.4537*t)-(.1194*hr). Using this equation my VO2 max calculation came out to be 67.26. In our class, the average VO2 max for the male and female students were 66.64 and 56.59 respectively. This shows women have lower VO2 max than men. My calculation is above average which means I have slightly better VO2 max than the average male students in our class.
That is, men and women, as well as boys and girls, are more alike than they are different” (Hyde, 2005, p. 581). To prove her hypothesis she focused on specific categories for possible similarities such as, cognitive variables, nonverbal and verbal communication, social and personality variables, psychological well-being, motor behaviors, and moral reasoning. My opinion of gender, prior to reading the article, men and women are far more different than others tend to want to believe. Women tend to be more driven by their emotions whereas men are driven more on their skills to problem solve and physical capabilities. That is not to say that there is not a sense of equality, but based on my personal observations a female has the tendency to be more capable of carrying out and following through with tasks more than a man.
Rahe’s study can also be deemed as androcentric and ethnocentric. This is because the participants were all male and the study was done on only American sailors rather than different ethnicities. Daily hassles are minor events that occur in the course of the day. In a study by Bouteyre et al (2007) 223 first year psychology students at a French university answered a questionnaire based on Beck Depression Inventory and the hassles
The development of the prefrontal cortex during adolescence permits them to engage in sophisticated thinking. For example, they are able to compare different possibilities, they are able to monitor their own thought processes and comprehend abstract logic. Therefore, when it comes to making decisions, adolescents are able to value possibilities and consequences better than a child, but still not like an adult. Despite of the improvements in decision-making and cognition, adolescents are still driven towards risk-involving activities. As per Steinberg (2013), this could be explained by the time gap between the development of the limbic system in puberty and the prefrontal cortex maturing years after.
PSY 375 Week 2 DQs 1 , 2 PSY 375 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Middle Childhood and Adolescence Development Paper Learning Team Assignment Middle Childhood and Adolescence Development Paper • Prepare a 1,500- to 1,700-word paper in which you address adolescence and how this stage affects development. Include where appropriate the positive and/or negative consequences of developmental choices during this time period. • Address the following items: • Describe changes in peer relationships in middle childhood and adolescence. • Examine aspects of adolescent egocentrism. • Analyze pressures often faced in adolescence, such as peer pressure, substance use and abuse, dating, sexuality, and changes within family relationships.
Outline and evaluate the cognitive explanations of gender. Martin and Halverson proposed in their gender schema theory that the development of a child’s gender is induced by their readiness to categorise gender information. This gender information is organised into schemas which are effective in organising the information as a means of using it to interpret new gender related experiences. Such interpretation will be of knowledge pertaining to gender type activities and behaviour. Where schemas are an essential aspect of Martin and Halverson’s theory, a major concern involves the lack of explanation regarding how such schemas are originally acquired.
Academic achievement is devalued because of its association with the dominant and oppressive white culture. A contrary view notes that while both black and white adolescents may sometimes exert (or experience) peer pressure against being "nerdy" and working hard in school, this anti-intellectual norm is not usually racialized. Fordham and Ogbu reported on their observations from a single school. Several studies based on representative national surveys of high-school students have reached contrary findings. These have demonstrated that the differences between black and white students are negligible with respect to the value placed on education.
(Burt VL, Whelton P, Roccella EJ, et al, 1995) In this study I found that women have higher odds of reporting hypertension than do men, regardless of their race/ethnicity. Women are more likely to access the medical system and live longer than men. Thus, it is possible that women are more likely to be aware of their hypertension status because of their contacts with physicians. Evidence suggests that the prevalence of hypertension decreases as education increases among non-Hispanic Blacks and Whites, but not among Mexican Americans. (Borrell LN, 2006) Compared with non-Hispanic Whites, non-Hispanic Blacks regardless of their education were more likely to report hypertension, with those with a college degree or more having the greater odds.