... results showed a distinctive difference in the way the two genders reinforced each other. The results showed that on average males used one of the physical types of reinforcement more than twice as much as the females. Smiling was the modal type of reinforcement for both genders. The median type of reinforcement was tutting and verbal encouragement for males and hugging and verbal encouragement for females. There was one anomalous result amongst the results. This was that the females used one of the types of physical reinforcements more than the males; this was hugging. The reason for this can be explained as hugging is stereotyped as feminine so males are less likely to use this type of reinforcement. The conclusion drawn from the results were that there is a relationship between the two variables and so supporting the hypothesis "Females will reinforce other females verbally whilst males will reinforce other ...

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