Gender Schema Evaluation

Question 1

What does schema theory help explain?

Answer 1

Why attitudes to gender are rigid and long lasting

Question 2

Assimilation vs Accomodation?

Answer 2

People are more likely to pay attention to behaviours that fit their schema and can often ignore those behaviours that do not fit with the schema

Question 3

Accommodation?

Answer 3

If something is not typical with schema, a person adjusts their schema e.g. if a boy is cooking
This could be considered a weakness of the approach as it suggests that behaviour affects thinking

Question 4

Eisenburg?

Answer 4

Children age 3-4 justify their choice of toy without reference to gender

Question 5

Schaffer?

Answer 5

Suggests that explanation should be other way round- own and others behaviour is monitored so that schema can be developed

Question 6

Campbell?

Answer 6

People with a high knowledge of gender did not display a preference to play with gender specific toys

Question 7

Debate?

Answer 7

The approach is reductionist- although it tries to combine SLT and cognitive- it fails to take into account bio factors