Development of gender identity

Question 1

Gender stereotypes

Answer 1

common views within society about how males/females should or tend to be

Question 2

Gender typing

Answer 2

children adopting gender/sex appropriate social behaviours

Question 3

Gender identity

Answer 3

a person’s perception of the self as relatively masculine or feminine in characteristics

Question 4

Girls (difference in boys)

Answer 4

more nurturing, emotional understanding, show early preferences for dolls over cars, more advance generally, from birth

Question 5

Boys (difference in girls)

Answer 5

more physically active, more aggressive, generally more competitive, more physically advance

Question 6

social influences

Answer 6

parents, toys, films, TV, clothes, food, peers and friends, school experience, even wider society

Question 7

Biology influences

Answer 7

Males and females may be inherently different in some ways, some gender differences are due to hormones

Question 8

The media

Answer 8

TV programmes and films can reinforce stereotypes, children who watch more TV have stronger gender stereotypes than those who watch less

Question 9

Peers and friends

Answer 9

The extent to which children mix with same vs. other sex children may determine the strength of their gender-role stereotypes