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Influence of Culture and Media
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A Level > Psychology > Gender > Influence of Culture and Media > Culture
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What is
culture
?
Ideas,
values
, traditions, and
norms
that are
shared
by a large group of people
Passed down through
generations
and are often
resistant
to change
E.g. different roles
men
and
women
take,
expectations
change regarding
norms
and typical
behaviour
Culture
and
gender roles
-
Mead
Papua New Guinea
- same
biology
, e.g.
Arapesh
- gentle and responsive (
feminine
)
Mundugonors
- aggressive and hostile (
masculine
)
Tchanbuli
- aggressive women, passive men; the
reverse
of industrialised societies
Mate choice
-
Eagly & Wood
Mate preferences are based on
cultural expectations
, shaped by roles and behaviours in
society
E.g. men looking for
pretty
, young, fertile partners, women looking for
strong
, provider partners
Culture
shifts and shapes mate choice, so it cannot be
biological
as
evolutionary psychologists
might suggest
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