A01 social influences on gender roles

Question 1

What are the 2 big sections

Answer 1

Social cognitive theory

Sources of social influence

Question 2

Talk about social cognitive theory

Answer 2

Bandera claimed that gender role development is the result of learning from social agents who model and reinforce gender role behaviours

Question 3

3 sections for social cognitive theory

Answer 3

Indirect reinforcement
Children observe and learn behaviours
Thus makes them model
What’s expected and what’s bad etc

Through vicarious reinforcement

Question 4

What are the 3 sections for the sources of social influence

Answer 4

The influence of parents

Peers

Media

Question 5

Talk about influence of parents

Answer 5

Reinforce gender app rolo private behaviour but not gender inapropiado behaviour

Smith and Lloyd

Fazit show that parents who showed clearest patterns of differential reinforcement had kids who showed quickest development of sting gender preferences

Question 6

Talk about p per influence

Answer 6

Important cz they offer a model of gender appropriate behaviour

Perry
Showed clips of kids selecting apple and a pair gender neutral stuff. Pps then told to select
Boys selected fruit they saw another boys sect and same with girls

Peers also show concern when a friend steps out of gender consistency. Reinforce nine aswell as punishing each other

Lamb et al
Don’t be a cissy

Question 7

Talk about influence of media

Answer 7

Media potras males as independent directive and etc
Women as dependent unambitious and emotional
Men more at control
Women more submissive

Mcghee
Ppl who watched tv more shows more of these stereotyping gender role conceptions than did light viewers