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Cognitive Theory of Gender
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- 1Kohlbergs Theory of Cognitive DevelopmentA childs understanding of the world develops with age
- 2Kohlbergs Three Stages of Gender Development1. Gender Identity
2. Gender Stability
3. Gender Constancy - 3Gender StabilityBetween 3.5 and 4.5
They realise that they will always be the same sex - 4Gender ConstancyBetween 4.5 and 7
They realise that gender stays the same even with changing appearance. eg a man wearing a dress is still a man - 5Slaby and FreyCarried out interviews on children of various ages and provide evidence for Kohlbergs stages
Also found that the more developed children are the more they pay attention to models of the same gender - 6CorduaChildren aged 7-8 (Gender constancy stage) Were shown a film showing a man in a nurse role and a woman as the doctor and they were asked which was the doctor and which was the nurse.
The children had a tendency to reverse the roles. Shows that children recognise stereotypes - 7DamonTold children aged between 4-9 a story about a boy that played with dolls and his parents told him not to. Then he asked is it right for other people to tell the boy what to play with and was it okay for him to play with dolls
Four year olds said it was ok
Six year olds say it isnt ok
Nine year olds say its odd but ok
Shows that gender is developmental and that a child understanding of gender is a reflection of their cognitive development - 8Evaluation of Gender Schema TheoryGender ideas can radically change over time. Historically and personally
Why do some change their understanding of gender appropriate behaviour while others don't
Why do males have a more fixed idea of gender?
Doesn't take social interaction into account
Explains why children act according to gender rather then just follow any models - 9Evaluation of KohlbergIt only describes, it doesn't explain
Doesn't take different views of what i gender appropriate from different children - 10Three Stage of Gender Schema Development1. Child learns what is associated with each sex
2. The child makes links between different components of the schema
3. Child can apply linked components for both sexes - 11Gender SchemaA mental representation of a persons individual ideas of gender appropriate behaviour. We incorporate appropriate behaviours into our schema which then determines future behaviour.
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- A-Levels Psychology (PSYB1 - Gender) Karteikarten am Cognitive Theory of Gender, erstellt von Adam O'Rourke am 09/05/2013.
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