Cognitive Explanations - Gender Schema Theory

Question 1

what did Martin and Halverson (1981) add to Kohlberg’s theory?

Answer 1

1. Learning of gender-relevant info happens before gender constancy
2. Gender Labelling is enough to self-identify as a boy/girl

Question 2

how are children’s schemata’s formed?

Answer 2

Childrens schemata are formed using info from TV/ parents
They contain information coloured by cultural norms
Gender schemata are therefore very simplistic and “black and white” at first - full of stereotypical info