Gender difference is an issue that has been the interest of scientists in the last few decades. ... Lawrence Cohen has explained the gender differences and its effects in his article hunters and Gatherers in the Classroom he concentrated on the young children and how gender role starts in their life and affect their life by using certain words and behaving in a certain ways. ... This case is not considered normal in our life because the gender is drifted away whether he is a boy or girl. ... This culture and environment is formed in this way for the adaptation of both genders before this rul...

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Rather than attributing the adolescent female's renunciation of the "active" role in life to the resolution of penis envy, Thompson attributed it to external social pressures. ... Sandra Bem proposes a "gender schema theory," which attempts to incorporate cognitive, childrearing, and cultural factors in explaining the development of gender identity and roles. ... Alice Eagly explains gender-typed behaviors as compliance to gender-role expectations. Candace West and Don Zimmerman conceive gender as something we do, not as something we are, and that each of us does gender through our dr...

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Research has demonstrated gender differences in conventional buying. ... Evidently, consumption patterns are gendered. One plausible explanation could be that because shopping is traditionally regarded as a feminine role, it is more strongly fused with womens personal and social identities than mens (Dittmar, 2008). ... In contrast, gender differences in online buying motives were less obvious. ... In contrast, gender differences in online buying were drastically reduced as both genders displayed similar buying motives. ...

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Like Piaget, Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky coined in sociocultural theory that children learn actively through hand-on experience, group learning process are central to cognitive development , and that parents and caregivers have a role in a children learn best when new information is scaffold for them(Boyd & Bee, 2012, p. 13). ... There are gender differences between boys and girls in child's social and emotional development. Children have a strong self-consciousness of the appropriate behavior with their own gender at 5-6 years old age group, so children at this age tend to pl...

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This psychological disorder is non-discriminating in its host and can be prevalent in every race, gender and religious order. ... Psychoanalysts, Barlow, Sakheim and Beck developed the theory of the role of anxiety and attention in sexual response . ... Homosexuals can violate the stereotypical expectations that society presents - especially homosexuals suffering from gender dysphoria. ... These conflicts can include such issues as gender identity, sexual object choice, or both. ... The homophobic individual experiences envy of the homosexual individual, as he is not constrained by the idea...

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While science has determined that age, gender, personality and culture all have an effect on learning and memory. ... Gender plays some role in cognitive abilities. ... Gender differences can be attributed to a variety of theories from hormonal to handicapping as a result of stereotypes. There is no clear understanding of how much affect gender has on learning and memory as there are so many other mitigating factors to consider. ... When I began classes I was certain that my path was taking me to the role of counselor. ...

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The seven topics that were discussed in this article were psycho-economics, the new client, gender and psychotherapy, psychotherapy and the elderly, drug therapy and psychotherapy, professional training at the doctoral level and beyond and pragmatism. ... GENDER AND PSYCHOTERRAPY It is now recognized the need to from a new committee of gender issues. ... Generally speaking, gender plays a role in the cause and treatment of the psychological disorder. ...

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Introduction Externalizing behaviors in children and adolescents (such as physical aggression) are hard to manage negative behaviors, which can lead to more serious problems in adulthood (negative functioning in societal and occupational roles, sometimes leading to criminal behavior). ... For quantitative study, the mean age of the youth sample was 13 (SD = 1.61) with no gender bias in the sample (55% girls). ... Hospital psychologists, while treating children and adolescents, may like to intervene by emphasizing the potentially positive role of co-parents in single mother family. ... The soci...

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By using twin studies, the genetic influence is alleviated and gender influences can be evaluated. One study showed that, in addition to the previous finding, there is an increased risk of dying after bereavement for the recently bereaved, and there is a gender difference in that risk. ... Longitudinal and cross-sectional studies have looked at the differences in the effect of bereavement on the specific genders. ... Although the sex differences for depression are not shown until after the first year initial rates of depression are the same between genders. ... Current studies have not diff...

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It would prove easier to make attempts of theorizing age in a similar way as many have theorized gender. ... Evidently, most of the disciplines have highlighted that childhood is affected by race, gender, class, culture and other demographic factors as they affect adults. ... Quortrup highlighted that the society had excluded children from studies that sought to establish how factors such as gender, race, and class affected the society. ... This focus has helped many sociologists in describing the effect of class, gender, and other economic factors affect this social construct. ... Sociology h...

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Psychologists, who have further investigated the topic, taking into account the extraneous variables such as gender, age differences, socio-economic situation and cultural setting, serve as the replicated illustrations to Sulloway's notes. ... Steelman et al. suggests this is a result of having to develop compromise, (Although all siblings have to compromise to live harmoniously, as illustrated before, the first-borns tend to take a leadership role rather than that of an equal) to deal with other siblings. ...

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In the review" The Multiple Choices of Sex Education: Giving A Quiz or a Test After Sex Education Courses May Not Be The Best Way To Ensure That Students Use What They've Learned in Class To Make Good Decisions After Class (Hamilton, Sanders, Anderman; 2013) students that learn through role playing activities are more likely to master skills to get out of certain situations where they are likely to engage in risky sexual behaviors. ... In this matter, a parent might not have enough knowledge to guide their child(ren) of the opposite gender on sex. ...

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Consider the role of the referee in traditional compared with nontraditional combat sports. ... Second, there is little research aimed at the effects of combat sport participation on grown adults of both genders, as the focus is nearly always on male youths. ...

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Organizations are becoming more heterogeneous in terms of gender, race, and ethnicity. ... However, since each mechanism is unique in its impact on individual behavior, the effects of each should be analyzed separately and then synthesized for a deeper understanding of the functional roles of structural and cultural forces in the workplace. ...

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When preparing the materials, we also tried to avoid endorsing certain gender-related behaviors which would reinforce stereotypes which we would not desire in a language classroom. ... Since we wanted to address all types of learner preferences, we designed a range of activities; listening activities for auditory learners, transcripts for visual learners and role plays for kinesthetic learners. ... In terms of learner and teacher roles, our learners are the real doers of the tasks and the teachers, us, act only as a facilitator, and observer. We did not have a dominant role in the classro...

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All conformed participants were female, suggesting a plausible gender difference in conformity. ... Some people are genetically predisposed to conform more easily, given the importance of conformity in surviving while environment plays a role in shaping peoples behavior confronting daily life. ...

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Social relationships are regularized patterns of action between individuals, which are often institutionalized according to the status and role given to those involved. ... They are born into non-voluntary groups on the basis of gender, age, and kinship. ...

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Nola Pender was born in Lansing, Michigan, in 1941. As the only child, her parents were strong advocates for the education in women. As a child Pender expressed an early interest in nursing when her aunt was hospitalized. With the help and support of her family she pursued her desire to obtain a nur...

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An imbalance of hormones may also play a role in depression (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). ... Depression can affect anyone of any age and at any time, regardless of ethnicity, gender, or socioeconomic standing. ...

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With symptom expression, risk, and prevalence of mental disorders varying across factors such as culture, gender, and age (Alegría, Pescosolido, Williams, & Canino, 2011). ... Firstly, this essay will consider the connection between socio-cultural variables – such as ethnicity, nativity, race, class, and gender – and psychopathology, as these variables create a different lived experience and in turn affect mental health (Brown, Donato, Laske, & Duncan, 2013). ... In fact, the more generous and comprehensive descriptions given in the glossary are designed to increase the usefulness...

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The Social Cognitive Theory (SCT: Bandura, 1997) provides a mainframe for behaviour change by considering personal, behavioural and environmental factors that self-efficacy plays a major role in. ... AEs play a key role in the social context of alcohol use and abuse and should have been considered and possibly included within this study; they are the belief in individuals behaving inline with their expectations of alcohol effects, even if it's only a placebo (Marlatt and Rohensow, 1980). Christiansen et al (1989) state AEs originate from a variety of factors that play a key role in childh...

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In fact, one of the hugest interrogatives of current psychology is based around this essential question: Are certain behavioral characteristics such as gender development, intelligence, and personality more influenced by heredity or by the environment? ... Chomsky believes that every child has his own "Language Acquisition Device" also known as LAD, which has the role to inscribe the basic principles and grammar structures of any language into the child's brain. ...

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Evaluate Psychological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour. Throughout the history of civilisation the enduring problem of crime has bought with it huge social and economic problems. In order for a psychologist to understand the root causes of criminal behaviour it is necessary to investigate the definition of a crime. Although no one definition of a crime is universally accepted, because of political and cultural differences, it is possible to give a broad definition of unlawful behaviour. Roe (2003) classifies a crime as "a wrong against a state, either by commission or omission, regard...

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