Social Learning Theory Flashcards
How is gender behaviour learnt
through observing others and being reinforces for imitating the behaviour
Who do you get infleunce from for gender behaviours
peers, parents, teachers, culture, and the media
Direct reinforcement
boys priased for being active + assertive and punished for being gentle (direct punishment)
Differential reinforcement
Boys and girls reinforce different behaviours which they then reporduce
Vicarious reinforcement
behaviour imitated by child when seeing someone be praised for it
Vicarious punishment
behaviour not imitated if unfavourable to another persons
Identify with a role model
Role models tend to be someone like them or that they want to be
- same sex
- imediate environment
- high status
Behaviour modelling
Child models behavious shown by role model who is modelling stereotypical gender behaviour
Mediational processes
Attention, retention, motivation, motor reproduction
Attention
boy watches what footballer does
Retention
remembers skills of footballer and tries to reproduce
Motivation
desire to be like his hero
Motor reproduction
Physically capable of doing it
AO3 + Smith and Lloyd
4-6 month olf half time dressed as boy, half time dressed as girl
- ‘boys’ given hammer shaped toys and encouraged to be active
- ‘girls’ given cuddly toys and reinforced for being passive
AO3 - Hasset et al
34 rhesus monkeys given toys
- boys prefered wheel toys
- girls prefered plush toys
= biological differences in toy preference
