Biosocial Construction of Sex Differences and Similarities in Behavior

By Wendy Wood, A. Eagly. 2012

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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Sex differences in sports interest and motivation: An evolutionary perspective. (2015, background): “This pattern fits a socialization view because social roles substantially converged over this time in the U.S., and social roles are thought to be closely related to socialization practices (Wood & Eagly, 2012).”
Gender Differences in Depression in Representative National Samples: Meta-Analyses of Diagnoses and Symptoms (2017, positive): “Eagly and Wood’s social-structural theory (Eagly & Wood, 1999; Wood & Eagly, 2012) also provides a framework for un- derstanding the relationship between gender inequality and the magnitude of psychological gender differences.”
The Evolution of Culturally-Variable Sex Differences: Men and Women Are Not Always Different, but When They Are…It Appears Not to Result from Patriarchy or Sex Role Socialization (2015, background): “Nor must evolved sex differences be present at birth, a common misconception (Voyer et al. 2007; Wood and Eagly 2012).”
Women's Representation in Science Predicts National Gender-Science Stereotypes: Evidence from 66 Nations. (2015, background): “These diverse observations can then influence stereotypes, as predicted by social role theory (Eagly & Wood, 2012; Wood & Eagly, 2012).”
Gender and leadership emergence: A meta‐analysis and explanatory model (2018, methodology): “First, drawing from social role theory (Eagly, 1987;Wood & Eagly, 2012), we utilize both trait and behavioral mechanisms to offer a possible explanation forwhymen andwomen emerge into leader roles at disparate rates.”
Gender, risk assessment, and sanctioning: The cost of treating women like men. (2016, background): “Gender is associated with differences in biology, socialization, and sex roles (e.g., Wood & Eagly, 2012) that can relate to risk-taking and criminal behavior.”
The Ape That Thought It Was a Peacock: Does Evolutionary Psychology Exaggerate Human Sex Differences? (2013, background): “Consider, for instance, Eagly and Wood’s Social Role Theory (SRT; Eagly & Wood, 1999; Wood & Eagly, 2012).”
New Routes to Recruiting and Retaining Women in STEM: Policy Implications of a Communal Goal Congruity Perspective (2015, background): “As outlined in the biosocial theory of gender differences and similarities (Wood & Eagly, 2012), gender roles produce differences in the behavior of women and men through different pathways.”
Why Are Some STEM Fields More Gender Balanced Than Others? (2017, neutral): “In addition, STEM cultures are located within a larger cultural context that contains a system of gender stereotypes, prescriptions, and practices (Prentice & Carranza, 2002; Ridgeway, 2001; Wood & Eagly, 2012).”
Meta-Analysis of Menstrual Cycle Effects on Women’s Mate Preferences (2014, background): “Within the past half century, women increasingly participated in the paid workforce and men decreasingly were sole family providers (see review in Wood & Eagly, 2012).”
Two Traditions of Research on Gender Identity (2015, background): “Even though agentic and communal traits are especially useful for studying gender identity because of their match to stereotypes of women as communal and men as agentic (Wood and Eagly 2012), other popular dimensions of personality may also be relevant to gender.”
The influence of sex stereotypes and gender roles on participation and performance in sport and exercise: review and future directions. (2013, background): “Second, observing sex differences does not inform us on their origin, which may be natural but also environmental (e.g., Wood & Eagly, 2012).”