Outline of My First Oral Presentation

“Gender Differences in Driving”

This is a presentation of
”Your Driving Me Nuts!” Ike Matsunaga's Report 2 http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/459s99/matsunaga/report2.html, Gender Differences in Driving Inkyung Yang http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/459f98/yang/report1.html, and “True or False?” Finta Flordeliza http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/409af98/finta/report1.html

By Jayson Dicho

Instructions for this oral presentation are found at:

www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonjpsy22/g22-oral.htm

I. Cara Lucey

A. Norms: An unwritten rule that guides or regulates acceptable or appropriate behavior in a particular situation

-a particular type of action is expected of individuals within certain situations

-Ex: Men are less likely to ask for directions .Women find it more comfortable to do so.

B. Stereotypes: Stigmatic and discriminatory labels that are placed on people

- Majority of society has long held the belief that women should be submissive and compliant.

- Women are Poor Drivers

- How did Stereotype come to be?

-- In Berger's(1986) essay on "Women Drivers," these ideas of "women drivers" were "attempts to keep women in their place.

-- idea that women are lacking in the ability to care for themselves against outside forces

C. Expectations: Gender Roles

- Women are Submissive and Compliant; Men are aggressive

- If a car breaks down, it is more expected of a man to know what to do

- Expected of a woman to stand on the side of the road until help arrives.

D. Yep, I did that, sorry, my bad ladies…

II. Women are aggressive drivers too.

A. Christine Tomooka’s report.

- Christine looked at several studies that though there may be a high correlation between men and women’s self perception of driving, the actual ability to drive well is equal among the sample.

- If studies were to discover that men utilize different parts of the brain more frequently than women and vice versa then we could possibly differentiate between gender specific traits

B. I think it should be Genderless on Aggression

III. Masculine & Feminine Modes of Driving (Dr Driving)

A. Feminine Mode

- More safer

-drives according to how it makes passenger feel

- goal is to create a safe feeling environment

B. Masculine Feminine Mode

- More physical, requiring control

C. I try to be feminine but it doesn’t always work out that way.

Helpful Links: http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/459f96/cmachida/psy499/paper3.html

http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/459s98/hattori/report1.html

http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/409as99/lieberman/report2.html#gender

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