A02 gender schema theory Flashcards
What are the 4 sections for research support
Gender stereotypes without constancy
Effect on memory
Gender schemas may distort info
Resilience of children’s stereotypes
Who tested gender schema without constancy
Martin and little
What did Martin and little do and find
Found kids under the age of 4 showed no signs of gender stability let alone signs of constancy but fid display sting gender stereotypes about what’s ok for boys and gurls
Conclusion from Martin and little study
Shows GST is pretty accurate in terms of claiming that gender relevant info is acquired before gender constancy
Who tested effect on memory
Halverson
Bradbard et al
What did halverson do and find
Asked kids under 6 to recall pictures of people. Found they recalled more if the gender consistent ones than gender inconsistent ones
What did Bradbard et al do and find
Told 9 year old certain gender neutral items were either for males or females
Pps were interested in items labelled as Ingroup
A week later they were able to remember more about in gourd items
Conclusion for halverson study
Gender schemas are important in acquiring info about Ingroup gender cz kids payed greater attentions to consistent info with gender schemas
Conclusion for Bradbard study
Kids payed more attention to Ingroup rather than outgroup schemas
Shows how gender schema are related to memory
Who tested gender schemas may distort info
Martin and halverson
What did Martin and halverson do and find
Kids shown consistent or inconsistent picture boy holding doll girl holding gun.
Found kids distorted info
When kids were asked to describe the pic they insisted e.g. doll was held by a girl
Conclusion for Martin and halverson
Gender schema may lead kids to distort info not just not remembering it
Talk about resilience of children’s stereotypes
It explains why kids are frequently highly s exist despite the efforts of parents. This is cz they actively seek to acquire gender appropriate behaviour
