Midterm 2 Flashcards
What is social role gender theory?
Institutionalized roles provide opportunities or constraints on behavior. ex: women are more likely than men to be homemakers and primary caretakers of children and to hold caretaking jobs in the paid economy
What is cognitive developmental gender theory?
Gender labeling, Gender identity, Understanding gender stability, Understanding gender consistency- A boy remains a boy even if he puts on a dress or plays with a doll
What is gender labeling and when does it occur?
categorizing others’ sex/gender; 2 years
What is gender identity and when does it occur?
labeling one’s own sex/gender; 3 years
What is gender consistency and when is it understood?
gender is permanent- a boy remains a boy even if he puts on a dress or plays with a doll; 6 years
What is gender schema theory?
personal gender schema of what it means to be a boy or girl
What is social cognitive gender theory?
children’s gender development comes from observation of male and female models, enactive experience,, and direct teaching- their gender development increasingly becomes self-guided
What is developmental intergroup gender theory?
identifying with a gender group leads you to maintain and enhance your gender identity- ingroup vs. outgroup dynamic
Which countries especially strive for gender-neutrality?
Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, and New Zealand
What are the basic cross-cultural findings regarding the creation of gender-neutral societies?
Gender differences in personality and profession choice are maximized in the most egalitarian countries- When you minimize the cultural differences, you allow for personality differences to naturally diverge (you maximize innate differences)
Mean sex differences that have generally been empirically supported
anatomical differences, girls have an edge in verbal ability, fear, timidity, decreased risk taking, emotional sensitivity/expressivity, compliance and tactfulness, and relational aggression(?); boys have an edge in visual/spatial abilities, mathematical ability, developmental vulnerability, activity level, physically aggressive/disruptive behaviors
Parents often conform to gender-stereotypic roles in the home- t/f
true
Parents often model gender-neutral communication- t/f
false- Parents can also model gender-typed styles of communication
Mothers tend to be ___ talkative than fathers when interacting with their infants or toddlers (but not older children)
more
Mothers more likely than fathers to use ___
affiliative speech (supportive comments)
Fathers more likely than mothers to use ___
assertive speech (directives)
Parents’ language style parallel that of children, but unclear if parental modeling ___ in children’s communication
contributes to differences
Parents encourage ___ play
gender-type
Fathers are ___ than mothers to promote gender-typed activities
more likely
Mothers of daughters highlight more ___ content, mothers of sons highlight more ___ content
counter-stereotypical, stereotypical
Why are children resistant to countersterotypic information in the media they consume?
They have internalized gender-typed values or they want to maintain peer approval
Children can distinguish men and women’s faces around ___ when faces contain ___
1 year, gender-related cues
Children begin to use gender to label others at ___
1 ½-2
Between ___, children develop gender constancy and form stereotypes
3 and 6
Gender-typed play preferences emerge by ___
age 2
Boys are more likely to use ___, girls are more likely to use ___ behaviors
power-assertive behaviors, affiliative and collaborative
Relative distributions of same-sex to opposite-sex peer interactions across developmental periods
Increasing preference for playing with same-gender peers, by age 3 same-gender peers are favored and this increases through preK years and remains stable until adolescence. Peer affiliations remain primarily with members of the same gender during adolescence
Longitudinal research on the likely outcomes of child gender dysphoria (3 findings)
Children with gender dysphoria are likely not trans.
Transgenderism, if it is real, is exceedingly rare.
Often misdiagnosis and self-fulfilling prophecy
Alternative pathways to gender dysphoria or transgender identity
Toxic culture, comorbidity, self esteem, social contagion, same-sex attraction, gender role nonconform
Racial/ethnic differences in prevalence of dating and romantic relationships
Asian American youth are less likely than other racial and ethnic groups to engage in teen romance.
What is relationship churning?
breaking up and getting back together with the same person over and over
What is hook-up culture?
sexuality without commitment
Higher maternal sensitivity is related with ___ involvement in romantic relationships in middle adolescence
less
Predictive power of romantic relationships in middle adolescence for early adult romance
marital hostility and (popularity?)
What are effects of adolescent romance on adjustment?
More likely to be depressed, externalizing problems and substance use. Pseudomature behaviors in early adolescence predict poorer adjustment in adulthood
Findings of the Reconciliation and Growth Project, 4 Options Survey
Individuals who think “I feel therefore I am” (expressive individualism) did not differ in mental health outcomes from those who think “this is something I feel, not what I am.”
Online survey of 1782 individuals, and the different paths they take in light of same-sex attraction and personal or religious values: CULTURE vs. % of slightly to very satisfied
single/celibate, INVALID, 42%
single/not celibate, VALID, 40%
In a gay marriage or relationship, VALID, 95%
In a mixed-orientation marriage, INVALID, 80%
What are Sullivan’s 5 basic needs (a progression, in order)?
tenderness, companionship, acceptance, intimacy, sexuality
What are the steps (in order) of the Social Information Processing (SIP) theory?
- Encoding of cues
- Interpretation of cues
- Clarification of goals
- Response access or construction
- Response decision
- Behavioral enactment
- Peer evaluation and response
Proactive vs. reactive aggressors and differences in attributional bias
Reactive aggressors- “others are hostile to me”, attend to cues with this expectancy, attribute hostile intent to the provocateur, become angry and quickly retaliate aggressively, self-fulfilling prophecy with peer and teacher reactions.
Proactive aggressors- “aggression is the best strategy to accomplish my goals”, whether provoked or not, coolly and consciously decide that aggression will best assist in achieving aims
Compared to nonaggressive peers, aggressive kids likely to ___ how much peers like them and ___ how much peers dislike them
overestimate, underestimate