SLT - parents

Question 1

What happens when children imitate gender-appropriate behaviour?

Answer 1

They are reinforced with praise and affection

Question 2

Out of mothers and fathers, who reinforces sex typed behaviours more?

Answer 2

Fathers

Question 3

Are same-sex models or opposite-sex models more influential on the child?

Answer 3

Same sex models

Question 4

What did Block (1979) find?

Answer 4

Found that boys are positively reinforced more for imitating behaviours reflecting independence and emotional control whereas girls are rewarded for nurturance and empathy thus explaining how they adopt different gender roles

Question 5

What did Hutson (1983) find?

Answer 5

Parents respond equally to aggressive acts by sons and daughters, but actually respond more quickly to girls being aggressive than boys, showing how parents treat their children differently

Question 6

What did Quiery (1998) find?

Answer 6

Found that fathers interact in a more goal seeking way and give more attention to sons while mothers attend equally to sons and daughters suggesting fathers reinforce sex typing more than mothers

Question 7

What did Fagot and Leinback (1995) find?

Answer 7

Found that 4 year olds displayed more gender role stereotyping and used gender labels earlier in traditional families where the father works and the mother takes care of the child compared with children raised in households where parents share the childcare