Diversity Theorists: Hyde Flashcards
What Hypothesis did Hyde propose?
The Gender Similarities Hypothesis
What did the Gender Similarities Hypothesis say?
Men and Women are more alike than different
Where were similarities found between men and women?
In maths and reading abilities
Where was a difference found between men and women?
Physical aggression
When were more similarities found between men and women? At what stage of their lives?
Deeper into adulthood
What did Hyde argue the difference model created?
An influence in the media to enforce the idea that men and women are heavily different
What did Hyde want to happen to gender stereotypes? How did she believe this could happen?
She wanted to bring an end to stereotypes, believing this could be done by better mixing of the genders
What method did Hyde use to conduct her studies?
Meta-Analysis
What is a meta-analysis?
The combination of multiple different studies all relating to the same question
What conclusion did Hyde come to supporting the idea that men and women were different?
Men interrupted women more
What did Hyde find women did in conversations and why?
They gave out more personal information about themselves in order to make a conversation
What conclusion did Hyde come to which went against the idea that men and women were different to each other?
Vocabulary between the two genders had very little differences
What only two aspects of Hydes meta-analysis showed a balance in the differences between men and women?
Smiling and Spelling
