Gender identity- Acquiring culture

Question 1

examples of how different genders are treated differently from birth

Answer 1

toys, clothes, names

Question 2

verbal appellation

Answer 2

different language used for different genders (cheeky rascal/little angel)

Question 3

canalisation

Answer 3

toys/activities which children are encourages/discouraged to play with

Question 4

manipulation

Answer 4

positive/negative reinforcement used to encourage/discourage certain behaviours

Question 5

Anne Oakley

Answer 5

identified the processes of canalisation and verbal appellations

Question 6

if parents avoid these methods will the child still be affected

Answer 6

yes- through secondary socialisation

Question 7

Wilkinson

Answer 7

even though the traditional role of a male is assertive and powerful, he identified the ‘gender-quake’ in our norms and values which are leaving a crisis of masculinity as females take on the assertive role

Question 8

Stanley and wise

Answer 8

masculine and feminine behaviours are connected to the way we are socialised through the different agents of socialisation