individual. It may be true that nurture is more of a factor than nature when determining human behaviour. In Margaret Mead`s mid 1900`s study of Nature vs. Nurture she studied the gender roles‚ something people thought was defined by nature‚ of the Tchambuli culture in Papua New Guinea which were reversed
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Discuss the view that research practices in psychology are culturally bias. (30) Cultural bias occurs if psychological research when the psychologist uses participants from only one culture and then generalises it to others‚ without validation. There are two main types of cultures which psychologist have studied‚ these are individualist and collectivist. Individualistic culture emphasises the importance of an individual whereas collectivist cultures (who are more specifically eastern societies)
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Comparing three Papua New Guinean tribes‚ the Arapesh‚ the Mundugumor and the Tchambuli‚ she discovered different behaviours displayed by both men and women in each individual tribe. In the Arapesh‚ men and women were seen to be gentle‚ responsive- fitting the Western stereotype as feminine. In the Mundugumor tribe‚ she found males and females to violent and aggressive- the Western stereotype of masculinity and finally in the Tchambuli tribe‚ she found role reversal to Western stereotypes‚ as males were more
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Namba Bagayoko Professor: Stella Adedje ENGL 0349 Monday July 22‚ 2013 Sex Roles The article “sex roles” by Hamilton McCubbin and Barbara Blum Dahl debates whether the cause of sex roles could be the result of nature (biological difference)‚ or nurture (culture and socialization) or the combination of both. On one hand‚ McCubbin and Dahl discuss the biological evidence of sex roles. They affirm that men and women differ in their genetic structure‚ women have two X chromosomes but men have one
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Gender differences are biologically constructed. We are born either as male or female. Without going any further these statements appear normal and one can take the view that this is the general assumption. What then is sex? Is there a difference between sex and gender? Distinctions between sex and gender have been made by social scientists from the feminist movement of 1970’s‚ when feminists argued that the traditional views of masculinity and femininity often led to the disempowerment of women
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‘Women and men are made‚ not born’ The statement by Simone de Beauvoir‚ ‘Women and men are made‚ not born’ proposes that a person acquires the identity of a man or a woman over time‚ by means of complex social processes. Beauvoir’s statement suggests that gender roles and behaviour are not inherent and that social positioning should not be determined by sex. This essay will begin by drawing a distinction between sex and gender‚ and will then discuss two arguments that explore the origins of gender
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the following three tribes in New Guinea. The Mundugumor ’ found to have been cannibals who killed any outsiders of their tribe. The Arapesh ’ both the men and women were non-aggressive in their treatment towards others. The Tchambuli ’ the men were found to be dulgent while the women were aggressive. However‚ the overall conclusion its that some aspects are biologically determined. This is because men were always relatively more aggressive than the women. This is due
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AN ANALYSIS OF “RETHINKING SEX AND GENDER” (Christine Delphy) ~Saswati Subhra Das About the author Christine Delphy (b. 1941) is a feminist‚ activist‚ sociologist‚writer and theorist of French origin. She was an active participant of the Women’s Movement(Mouvement de Libération des Femmes called MLF). She challenged the law of the French Government in 2004 ‚ which forbid Muslim girls to wear hijab in schools. She was the proponent of Material Feminism. Along with Simone de Beauvoir
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Heredity Versus Environment Identify the main characteristics of the nature/nurture debate and explain how this can be applied to gender difference A major debate within psychology is whether it is nature or nurture which influences people; the way people act and behave‚ cognitive development‚ and what we look for in a partner are just some aspects of the debate. Nature supporters‚ or Naturists‚ believe that our behaviour is down to genetics and is inherited from our parents. They believe that
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Gender Role * Refers to a set of social and behavioral norms that within a specific culture‚ are widely considered to be socially appropriate for individual of a specific gender. * Patterns of attitude and behavior that a society expects of its members because of their being a male or female. * The role portrayed by an individual with respect to a combinations of factors or any onr of them ‚ depending on any living conditions. Gender role of a man and women is influence by a variety
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