Gender Development Flashcards
Physical growth:
Early life
Similar sizes, appearances and ability
Ways to approach thinking about gender
Gender differences in dev (yr 1)
Toy preference as early as 1 yr (chooses to play with toy seen by child of same gender)
Later half of yr 1 forming of gender related expectations about objects and activites
Toddlerhood (gender dif)
Preschool period
Gender segregation
children choosing same-sex and avoiding opposite-sex peers in play
Desire for compatibility
Middle Childhood
Adolescence:
Either increased flexibility or intensification in gender roles
Gender differences have been explained by:
socialization and biology
Gender socialization:
how children learn gender-typed attitudes/behaviour through observation, inference and practice.
Observational learning
Four key process
Gender Schema
Learning about gender occurs through
Parents DO
Parents DONT
Gender socialization at home
Social Role Theory
Media stereotypes
Kohlberg’s Theory of Gender Role Development
Gender terminology
Sex:
Gender Identity:
How do children think about gender identity
External Cues Children think about gender
Does socialization change gender identity
Transgender identity:
gender identity differs from typically binary natal sex assigned at birth
Genderqueer:
gender identity commonly used by those who are restricted by gender labels
Trans children:
Trans child study showed
Gender identity and parental support
