A significant amount of recent research has investigated differences in abilities and social behavior between males and females. When differences are found a rigorous debate often emerges as to whether a difference is the result of socialization, a biological process, or a combination of the two. Some consensus has emerged that males are more aggressive than females, but paradoxically also more likely to help a stranger in distress. In terms of abilities, average males are better at math, but average females are better in verbal ability. At this point in the history of social psychology, no scientific certainty exists about the reasons for differences between men and women.
Future research is necessary.
In the past, gender placed significant constraints on the careers, social roles, power, and social evaluations of males and females. These constraints still play a role in the patterns of social behavior exhibited by males and females in our society, but at a much lower level. Your responses will be evaluated for completeness, independence, clarity, and accuracy. Describe a high and low self-monitor. Describe a masculine, a feminine, androgynous, and undifferentiated person according to Bem's model.