Cognitive explanations of gender

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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
    • 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

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