Psych of Gender Week 4 paper

The assignment:
# Read the first half of Written on the Body. This book begins the process of challenging preconceived notions about gender.
# Reflect back on your own understanding of gender and how your thoughts might have changed since reading the book.
# Write a paper using the questions below.
# Papers should be 2 to 4 pages [...]

Psych of Gender Week 3 paper

Psychology of Gender
Chapters 7-14
In this week’s reading assignment I particularly agreed with chapter 9, On the Construction of Gender, Sex and Sexualities. It reinforces my own observations and experiences, while explaining the broader picture of societal constructs and expectations.
Language is more than a reflection of reality; it constructs reality. Nowhere is the truth [...]

It’s got to be the psych papers - or not?

Typealyzer is another analytical blog site, this time guessing what your personality assessment is based on your writing style. ISIP came out:

INTP - The Thinkers
The logical and analytical type. They are especialy attuned to difficult creative and intellectual challenges and always look for something more complex to dig into. They are great at finding [...]

This explains a lot of people

“Research in the domain of terror management theory has found consistent and robust evidence that mortality salience (e.g., becoming aware of one’s own mortality by either engaging in thoughts of one’s own death or being exposed to situations related to mortality, such as walking past a cemetery) motivates defense of one’s values and cultural worldview. [...]

Psych of Gender week 2 paper 2

Psychology of Gender
Sex Role Observation
I did my observations at the Spokane Valley Mall at 7:30 on Thursday night. Traffic was light, but there were enough people to make a few generalizations. For sake of clarity I will use men and women to indicate adults, and boys and girls to label teenagers.
In the food [...]

Psych of Gender Week 1 paper

Because a few of you have expressed interest in what I’m learning, here’s this week’s paper.
Psychology of Gender
Chapters 4-6
Sex Roles as Adaptations was my first real exposure to evolutionary psychology. This chapter both fascinated me and spawned new questions for me to ponder as I considered the cases of both animals and humans. [...]

See no evil

For a lot of us it’s a major ego hit when a man we’re with frequently and obviously checks out other women, watering that little seed of insecurity lurking in the back of our minds that whispers, “If he really loved me, he wouldn’t look.” Advice columnists have been telling us for years that [...]

Hey baby, I can make you feel better

I’m starting to think I should have a category just for Psychology Today. I know, I know; I should just blow these things off and not spend the time thinking about them. But they captivate me in a weird kind of way. Case in point: Crying Over Spilled Semen; Why women [...]

Here comes Gargomel

It seems everywhere I look this week, I’m running into evolutionary biology and psychology. (Is this the latest trend, or am I just becoming overly sensitive to it?) This time around, it’s a “woman on the street question” which on the surface sounds so simple and reasonable.
From Lab Notes Blog on Newsweek.com:
Why isn’t [...]