P5- (L) Problem With Categorising/ Bem

Question 1

What is a problem that might arise when categorising children in a specific stage of development?

Answer 1

A problem that might arise when categorising children as being in a specific stage of development is that children are confused by changes in appearance because our culture demarcates gender with certain clothes and hairstyles.

Question 2

What did Bem find?

Answer 2

Bem found that 40% of children ages 3-5 demonstrated constancy if they were first shown a naked photo of the child to be identified beforehand.

Question 3

What does this demonstrate about the way gender constancy is tested?

Answer 3

This demonstrated that the typical way of testing gender constancy may misrepresent children know, they might know more than researches think but just may not have the skills to explain what they know.