1 Acknow ledgements This thesis has taken me a long time to turn it from conception to the final completion
It is a work of joint efforts from many people
So I especially wish to acknowledge the following people
First of all, I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to my supervisor Associate Professor Wu for her patient and constructive instructions on my thesis writing
Secondly, I would like to thank my friend and my classmates for their correcting the mistakes in my thesis
Last but never least, I would like to thank my mother who encouraged me in this thesis writing
2 Abstract Gender is one important aspect in individual differences
In the process of individual socialization, the physical and psychological differences caused by different genders lead to the phenomenon th