Cognitive explanations of gender
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- Created on: 16-02-23 20:03
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- Cognitive explanations for gender
- Kohlberg's theory
- Stage 1: Gender identity
- Age 2-4
- Labels gender based only on appearance
- Gender is not considered permanent
- Stage 2: Gender stability
- Age 4-6
- Their own gender is constant
- Others gender can change based on their appearance
- Stage 3: Gender constancy
- Age 6-7+
- Gender is constant for themselves and others
- Understand gender appropriate behaviour
- Gender develops along with biological brain development
- Slaby and Frey (1975) - gender concept interview with children
- Stage 1: Gender identity
- Gender schema theory
- Martin and Halverson
- Gender schema develops from parents, peers, media and world experiences
- Kids under 8 only understand their own ingroups gender schema
- A child's schema leads to their gender identity, and they match their behaviour to this schema
- Stangor and Ruble (1989) suggests both theories complement each other
- Kohlberg's theory explains motivation
- Gender schema explains memory
- Kohlberg's theory
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