Gender Schema Theory Of Development

Question 0

Gender stereotype

Answer 0

Believing that all males are similar and all females are similar

Question 1

Stages in gender identity by Kohlberg in 1966

Answer 1

Stage 1- gender labelling; 3 yrs old; think gender in not fixed

Question 2

Gender schema

Answer 2

Mental building block of knowledge that contains info about each gender.

Question 3

Gender schema theory

Answer 3

Gender stereotypes develop with age
2 yrs- know their gender + identify other people to belonging to either sexes + learn about gender from environment = ideas rigid and stereotypes

Get older mor knowledge more flexible gender schema

Question 4

Gender schema study

Answer 4

Aim: show as C grow up= ideas of gender stereotypes becomes more flexible

M: R told C different stories about which toy male and female characters like to play with.
Some stories = person liked gender stereotype and others described as liking non gender stereotype actiities. C asked to predict what other toys each character would like or not like ti play with.

R: young used sex if character to decide
Older considered both sex and what they’ve been told about the character.

Conclusion: older children have more flexible view of gender than younger children.

Criticism: provides support for gender schema theory

Question 5

Highly gender schematised

Answer 5

Where gender is an important way of thinking about the world so info is organized according to what is gender appropriate and what is inappropriate.

Question 6

Highly gender schematized study

Answer 6

Levy and carter

A: show that there are individual differences in the way that children think about gender

M: P’s shown 2 photos of 2 different toys to hgs and lgs c and asked which one they prefer. Pictures were either of a mixed gender or one gender.

R: hgs chose quickly in mixed condition then slow in other 2 conditions. Either want both toys or neither. Lgs took in difference in tine- depending on their personal preference.

C: hgs chose toys based on whats gender appropriate. Lgs chose toys in personal preference.

Question 7

Evaluate HGS theory/study

Answer 7

✅Most detailed + thorough explanation of Gender development.
Has intuitive appeal
Well supported

❎why some c are mire hgs than others
Why gender dev begins at 2
Why c choose same sex friends and gender appropriate toys before they can correct identify themselves as either male or female.