Gender and Subject Choice Explanations: Primary Socialisation Experiences Flashcards
What is gender role socialisation?
The process by which boys and girls learn the ways that they will usually behave in society
What did Norman say about socialisation of boys and girls at an early age?
Girls were encouraged to do more passive activities while boys were encouraged to do more active activities
Who created the concept of gender domains?
Norman
What are gender domains?
Tasks that boys and girls see in their territories that are more related to their gender roles
What did Murphy want to find with her research?
Why girls were more likely to pick humanities subjects and boys pick more science-based subjects
What did Murphy ask children to do in her research?
She asked primary and secondary school students to draw a car and a house
What did Murphy find with the boys in her research with the cars AND houses?
They were more likely to draw weapon-oriented cars and big houses
What did Murphy find with the girls in her research with the houses?
They did not focus on the size of the house but more the decorations of the house
Who created the concept of Canalisation?
Oakley
Who created the concept of Verbal Appellations?
Oakley
Define Canalisation
The process of giving boys and girls toys more suited to their gender roles
Define Verbal Appellations with an example
Speaking to boys and girls in ways more associated with their desired characteristics like “brave boy”
Is this overall factor explaining gender and subject choice an outside or an inside factor?
Outside factor
