Chapter 5 Flashcards
gender intensification hypothesis
Hypothesis that psychological and behavioral differences between males and females become more pronounced at adolescence because of intensified socialization pressure to conform to culturally prescribed gender roles.
differential gender socialization
The term for socializing males and females according to different expectations about what attitudes and behavior are appropriate to each gender.
cognitive-developmental theory of gender
Kohlberg’s theory, based on Piaget’s ideas about cognitive development, asserting that gender is a fundamental way of organizing ideas about about the world and the children develop through a predictable series of stages in their understanding of gender.
gender identity
Children’s understanding of themselves as being either male or female, reached at about age 3.
self-socialization
In gender socialization, refers to the way that children seek to maintain consistency between the norms they have learned about gender and their behavior.
gender schema theory
Theory in which gender is viewed as one of the fundamental ways that people organize information about the world.
expressive traits
Personality characteristics such as gentle and yielding, more often ascribed to females, emphasizing emotions and relationships.
instrumental traits
Personality characteristics such as self-reliant and forceful, more often ascribed to males, emphasizing action and accomplishment.
androgyny
A combination of “masculine” and “feminine” personality traits.
cognitive-developmental theory of gender
Kohlberg’s theory, based on Piaget’s ideas about cognitive development, asserting that gender is a fundamental way of organizing ideas about the world.
gender schema theory
Theory in which gender is viewed as one of the fundamental ways that people organizing information about the world.
