Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Gender Role, Sex In Film, Gender Binary
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Chapter 13: children learn their gender early and development by age 2 1/2, most children can correctly identify their own gender. Sociologists tell us that gender is one of the most basic of status characteristics. The traditional sexual script men or men who saw control film, suggesting that the erotic film activated a traditional gender schema for this group of men. Socialization: many men and women behave as gender roles say they should, psychologists believe that it is a result of gender-role socialization. Socialization - the ways in which society conveys to the individual its norms or expectations for his or her behaviour: occurs especially in childhood as children are taught to behave as they will be expected to in adulthood. Socialization involves several processes: children may be rewarded for behaviour that is appropriate for their gender or punished for behaviour that isn"t appropriate, the adult models they imitate also contribute to their socialization.