Gender AO3 NEEDS FINSIHING Flashcards
Evaluate androgyny and BSRI
+ - positive correlation shown between androgyny and good mental health. Shows support for androgynous behaviour
- However
Androgynous individuals may demonstrate negative negative masculine features (aggro)
Evaluate the role of chromosomes and hormones in sex and gender
+ - Van Goozen - male to female transgenders who were injected with opposing hormones showed less aggression which supports the role sex hormones
x - however Tricker gave males 10 weekly injections of testosterone or a placebo and found no differences in aggression
x - cultural differences
Tribes show differences in aggression in both males and females
Evaluate atypical sex chromosome patterns: Klinefelter and Turner
+ - PAs - treating people with this condition at a young age has a positive impact and further understanding
+ - supports the nature/nurture debate of gender
x - Ps used are unique and so we can’t apply this behaviour to typical chromosome patterns
x - there is no such thing as typical and atypical gender development
Jacklin found there are more differences within sexes than between them
Evaluate cognitive explanations of gender development - Kohlberg’s theory
+ - McConaghy - doll in transparent clothing shown to 3-4 year olds (gender stability stage) and their was a discrepancy
x - however there is contradictory evidence - Martin stated, how can children under the age of four tell what the differences of gentiles there are
x - this study could of been misleading as these ages would lack elaboration and may not have been able to say what they thought
Evaluate cognitive explanations of gender development - Gender Schema Theory
+ - Martin found children under the age of six were more likely to remember photos of gender consistent behaviour than gender inconsistent
(Also supports ingroups and out)
x - exaggerating the role of schemas in gender development
- ignores social factors such as parental influence
