ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews a wide array of social behavior for which gender differences. Social behavior refers to behavior in which an individual's actions are being altered by one or more other individuals. Traditionally, social behavior could only occur when the social interactants were in close proximity to one another, but with modern communication devices, some social behavior among humans can occur over vast distances. Social behavior in its most general sense pertains to the amount of time individuals spend in one another's company. Sex differences in social contacts within the family have been investigated by several studies. Sex differences in the tendencies to socially interact with others outside one’s family have been the focus of considerable research. General tendencies toward social attachment have been assessed primarily on the basis of the time spent in close proximity to conspecifics. According to numerous studies, when females socially interact, they do so in significantly smaller groups than is true for males.
