Gender Identity

Question 1

_____________ theory maintains that self perceptions come before behaviour.

Answer 1

Cognitive development

Question 2

Children develop _____________ - understanding of biologically based permeance of their gender

Answer 2

Gender constancy

Question 3

Explain the development of gender constancy.

Answer 3

1) gender labelling: by preschool children can label their own sex and other
2) gender stability: slightly older preschoolers have gradual understanding of the permeance of sex and they grasp the stability over time
3) gender consistency: late preschool early childhood, sex is biologically based and remains the same even if cross dresses

Question 4

Kohlberg proposed that before the age of _________ children cannot maintain the consistency of their gender

Answer 4

6 or 7

Question 5

The degree in which the child feels similar Others of the same gender is called

Answer 5

Gender typically

Question 6

The degree to which child feels comfortable with his or her gender assignment

Answer 6

Gender contentedness

Question 7

Felt pressures to conform to gender roles is the degree

Answer 7

To which the child feels peers and parents disapprove of his or her gender related traits

Question 8

Explain the gender schema theory.

Answer 8

Information processing approach, that explains how environmental pressures and children’s cognitions shape gender typing. Gender schematic child think in gender linked terms and do more gender appropriate behaviours. Gender a schematic children think outside of gender and do behaviours and activities outside of gender appropriate ones

Question 9

According to _________ theory, behaviour comes before self perceptions. Preschoolers first acquire gender typed responses trough modelling and reinforcement and later organize behaviour into gender linked ideas about themselves.

Answer 9

Social learning theory