A02 social influences on gender role

Question 1

What are the sections

Answer 1

Social con go the theory

Sources of social influence

Question 2

What are the 2 sections for social cognitive theory

Answer 2

Evidence to support modelling

Direct tuition may be more effective than modelling

Question 3

Talk about evidence for modelling

Answer 3

The bobo doll study
Showed effects of adult model on children’s aggressive behaviour. Effects also shown for gender e.g. Perry study

But only modelled same sex behaviour of behaviour was not inconsistent

So effects of modelling are limited by existing stereotypes

Question 4

Why direct tuition is more important evidence

Answer 4

Martin

Showed that boys when told a toy is a girls even if they saw another boy playing it they didn’t model him cz it’s a girls toys u gets direct tuition is more important than modelling

They didn’t model same sex behaviour when told it was a girls toy

Question 5

What are the 4 sections for sources of social influence

Answer 5

Gender differences

Peer influences

Demonstrating media influence

Media effects may be insignificant

Question 6

Who tested ed gender differences

Answer 6

Langlois and down

Question 7

What did langlois and downs do and find

Answer 7

Mum’s and dads behave differently to gender inconsistency

Dad’s openly dissapointed more
Mum’s reinforced gender appropriate play but didn’t punish innapropriate

Similar in peers
Boys reacted negatively to innapropriate. Girls were more tolerant

This is cz female behavioir has lower value so gender innapropriate behaviour isn’t too bad compared to males

Question 8

Talk about research on peer influences

Answer 8

Lamb

I served preschool kids playing and found that when male type behaviour was reinforced in girls the behaviour continued for a shorter time than when a male type behaviour was reinforced in boys

Suggests that peer reinforcement mainly acts as a reminder

Question 9

Talk about demonstrating media influence

Answer 9

Difficult to demonstrate influence cz almost all kids watch TV so control griup doesn’t exist

But Williams studied in a culture with no tv and found that tv does have a significant effect on gender roles

Question 10

Talk about media effects may be insignificant

Answer 10

Charlton
No difference in aggressive behaviour

Media’s effects is simply to reinforce status quo not change attitudes to gender roles