Human Growth and Development / Unit 8 HGD 1067 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Gender and Emotional Expression
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The idea
A meta-analysis by Chaplin and Aldao found very small gender differences in children's emotional expression: girls show more sadness and anxiety, boys more anger.
In practice
Differences in positive emotion growing with age, girls showing more than boys in middle childhood.
Where people slip
Differences depend on context: smaller with parents, larger with peers or when alone for anger. They are likely learned.
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