A typical gender development- social psychological

Question 1

Two parts of social explanations

Answer 1

Psychoanalytic theory
Cog explanation

Question 2

Who suggested psychoanayltic theory

Answer 2

Overly and Person 1973

Question 3

Psychoanayltic theory A01

Answer 3

Suggests GID caused by extreme seperation anxiety before GID is established. Therefore, fantises a symbolic fusion w mother to relieve anxiety and danger of seperation so child adopts female gender identity from mother

Question 4

Evidence supporting psychoanayltic theory

Answer 4

Stoller, studied GID had close relationships w mother, confused gender identity

Question 5

A01 cogntive explanation

Answer 5

Suggests two dual pathways

Question 6

Who propsed cognitive explanations

Answer 6

Liben and Bigler

Question 7

What is the first dual pathway

Answer 7

development of gender schema which directs gender app behaviour/ attitudes as normal

Question 8

2nd part of dual pathway

Answer 8

effected by childs activities interests becomes more dominant than GID such as boys play w dolls become ‘normal’ to them

Question 9

A03

Answer 9

Socially sensitive
Not account for all types
Supporting research

Question 10

Supporting research

Answer 10

Zucker et al looked at 115 boys w concerns of GID, 64% were diagnosed w seperation anxiety. Also found close relationships w mother