COGNITIVE EXPLANATIONS OF GENDER DEVELOPMENT

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Cognitive explanations focus on child's ____ of gender
understanding
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When do gender roles develop?
When their cognitive understanding of the world develops
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Kohlberg (1996) suggests that children develop an understanding of gender in how many stages?
3
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Gender development runs parallel with development of their ________ abilties
Cognitive
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Stage 1 : Gender identity . Happens at what age?
2-3 years
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Stage 2 : Gender stability . Happens at what age?
4-6 years
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Stage 3 : Gender constancy. Happens at what age?
6-7 years
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Processes involved in the transition through stages
1. Maturation 2. Socialisation 3.Lessening egocentrism
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Who came up with Gender schema theory?
Martin and Halverson (1981)
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What are gender schema?
Organised sets of beliefs and expectations related to gender that are derived from experience
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At what age do children develop elaborate schemas of both genders?
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When do gender roles develop?

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Kohlberg (1996) suggests that children develop an understanding of gender in how many stages?

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Stage 1 : Gender identity . Happens at what age?

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