Door-Holding Behavior: Regression Analysis
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Yoder, J. D., Hogue, M. Newman, R., Metz, L. & LaVigne, T. (2003). Exploring moderators of gender differences: Contextual differences in door-holding behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32, 1682-1686.
Social roles theory suggests that there are different gender role expectations in different social contexts and those gender role expectations can maximize or minimize gender differences. For instance, there are three competing hypotheses as to why and in what situations certain people hold doors for others. The gender neutral stance hypothesizes …show more content…
Door-holding could be an act of courtesy, of chivalry, or of benevolent sexism, a behavior which outwardly seems benign but is motivated by sexism. The purpose of this study was to determine if differences exist in such behavior in the context of everyday life situations compared with dating situations. The researchers hypothesized the courtesy theory would result in data showing equal numbers of men and women opening doors in both situations, the chivalry theory would result in data showing men consistently opening doors for women in both situations, and the benevolent sexism theory would result in data showing men opening doors for women more often in settings which emphasize masculinity and heterosexuality, such as dating situations. In this study, researchers observed the door-holding behavior of 404 college-aged female-male dyads on weekdays at seven everyday locations such as fast food restaurants, and 365 college-aged couples on weekend evenings at nine dating locations such as skating rinks. Only the actions of couples who demonstrated courtship behaviors were recorded at the dating locations, and only the actions of non-couple dyads were recorded at the everyday locations. The researchers would record the gender of the door-holder only when one person opened the door to allow the other person to go through first. The results of the study showed a statistically significant difference between the door-holding behaviors of female-male dyads in everyday life situations versus dating situations. In the observed everyday situations, women held doors open more often than men did. In the observed dating situations, men held doors open more often than women did and researchers note that “door holding retains its gendered meanings in the more gender-salient context of
Instructions:
Award the following summaries gold, silver, and bronze medals.
Be prepared to explain your rankings in light of the criteria we looked at.
Summary A
Yoder, J. D., Hogue, M. Newman, R., Metz, L. & LaVigne, T. (2003). Exploring moderators of gender differences: Contextual differences in door-holding behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32, 1682-1686.
Social roles theory suggests that there are different gender role expectations in different social contexts and those gender role expectations can maximize or minimize gender differences. For instance, there are three competing hypotheses as to why and in what situations certain people hold doors for others. The gender neutral stance hypothesizes …show more content…
Door-holding could be an act of courtesy, of chivalry, or of benevolent sexism, a behavior which outwardly seems benign but is motivated by sexism. The purpose of this study was to determine if differences exist in such behavior in the context of everyday life situations compared with dating situations. The researchers hypothesized the courtesy theory would result in data showing equal numbers of men and women opening doors in both situations, the chivalry theory would result in data showing men consistently opening doors for women in both situations, and the benevolent sexism theory would result in data showing men opening doors for women more often in settings which emphasize masculinity and heterosexuality, such as dating situations. In this study, researchers observed the door-holding behavior of 404 college-aged female-male dyads on weekdays at seven everyday locations such as fast food restaurants, and 365 college-aged couples on weekend evenings at nine dating locations such as skating rinks. Only the actions of couples who demonstrated courtship behaviors were recorded at the dating locations, and only the actions of non-couple dyads were recorded at the everyday locations. The researchers would record the gender of the door-holder only when one person opened the door to allow the other person to go through first. The results of the study showed a statistically significant difference between the door-holding behaviors of female-male dyads in everyday life situations versus dating situations. In the observed everyday situations, women held doors open more often than men did. In the observed dating situations, men held doors open more often than women did and researchers note that “door holding retains its gendered meanings in the more gender-salient context of