Relationships

1. Relationships Differences Between Males and Females By: Gina, Iulia, Jane, & Yupin York Mills Collegiate Institute June 4, 2009

2. Differences in Male-Female Communication • Psychological cognitive process; when individuals feel understood, they have ‘communicated effectively’ • Good communication = good health, self esteem • Failure to communicate: individuals feel misunderstood, frustrated and defensive • Different Styles: Women are generally more demonstrative and expressive JT

3. Understanding the Differences Between Men and Women • Socially defined and distorted by sexism, where men were superior to women • Physical differences: easy to notice, differentiate and easily measured. • Psychological differences: less obvious and difficult to describe; can influence how we form and maintain social relationships • Recognizing, understanding and discussing differences can be difficult but is necessary to maintain peace JT

4. Addition to Textbook (Both) • Adds more to the psychological topics • Food for thought • Cohesion (viewing the others’ perspective) • Good and interesting discussion questions + in class debates JT

5. Study Finds a Couple’s fate is sealed by a kiss • 1041 college students, ages 18 to 25 yrs • Researcher's discovered 1st kiss may be important in a couple’s fate • Information about a kiss = clues about the individual GL

6. Addition to Textbook • APS terminology used: • - gender issues • -socialization • survey research method • survival of the fittest and natural selection GL

7. Article:Why Men and Women think and act differently Summary • Bad communication between males and females in relationships is the reason why most fail • Men are more closed-off about their feelings and thoughts, while females take that as a lack of interest in the relationship Pinker, S. (n.d.). GuelphMercury.com - Life - Why men and women think, and act, differently. Retrieved April 9, 2009, from http://news.guelphmercury.com/Life/article/383465 IR

8. Relations to APS 1) Agents of Socialization 2) Darwin 3) Freud 4) Conflict theories of family 5) Experimental Research Conducted [research method] 6) Research (potentially observation, library or survey) [research method] IR

9. Dating is Competitive Manipulation • Realization competitiveness motivated actions to steal Jack • Conducts own experiment • Both genders inclined to compete when dating • Nature or nurture? YL

10. Addition To Textbook Relationships – interesting to teenagers Nature vs. nurture Moral development Psychology Participant observation, experiment Darwin’s theory (survival of the fittest) YL

11. The Influence of Relationship Status Results: individuals in a relationship did not derogate competitors How would females compete for a relationship status with males? -derogate? -belittle competitors? JT

12. Exploration of Shyness and Partner Dependency Do positive correlations exist between shyness and dependency (attachment, emotional dependency, etc)? Results: no significant correlation existed between shyness and anxious attachment Women rely solely on their partners for social support, heightened self-esteem, and identity JT

13. Addition to Textbook (Both) Psychological stimulus Reflection on self Cohesion Social relations in class Trusted source JT

14. The Influence of Intimate Violence of Transitions Out of Cohabitation • Violence by either partner decreases marriage but increases separation • Discovered that intense male violence = high rate of separation +women violence decreases marriage fantasy. GL GL

15. Addition to textbook • psychology • NSFH survey research method • Reliable researchers • Real life experiences GL

16. Annotated BibliographyReaching Further:Marriage Summary Experimented beliefs of both genders of collage students towards the concept of marriage/parenting styles Used questionnaire with 10 vignettes Mcgillicuddy-de Lisi, A V, & de Lisi, R. (Dec 2007). Perceptions of family relations when mothers and fathers are depicted with different parenting styles.(Report). . Journal of Genetic Psychology. , 168, 4. p.425(18). Retrieved April 14, 2009, from  via Gale:http://find.galegroup.com/itx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T002&prodId=AONE&docId=A173149942&source=gale&userGroupName=ko_k12pr_d63&version=1.0 IR

17. Conclusions Female students are against authoritarian styles and had more positive feelings than men about permissive styles Father figure being authoritarian has more positive feedback IR

18. Rebounders • Questionnaire of 1002 • 4 types likely to be rebounders: love seekers, deceptive, unconventional, hedonistic/risk takers • Exchange theory YL

19. Addition to Textbook Interesting Psychology Research Method Reliable authors &Journal YL

20. What is the difference between male and female approach to relationships? Our Inquiry:

21. Hypothesis We believe that in our school, males and females both take a defensive and secretive stance when attracted to an individual. GL

22. Method To test our hypothesis, we created a survey consisting of 10 questions, containing both open and closed questions. We then collected 40 surveys of the students in the school with their answers to it. We tallied each answer of each question to figure out which answers are more common in males and females. We then created bar graphs to compare our results.

23. Assemble Data

24. Brochure Conclusion Females prove to have an almost equally direct method of approach as males. This somewhat supports our hypothesis that females have a more indirect approach than males towards their crush, and the possible start of a relationship.