PSYC200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Gender Dysphoria, Evolutionary Psychology, Social Learning Theory
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Sexual orientation: pattern of romantic relationships and sexual attraction. Cisgender: a person whose gender identity aligns with that expected based on the sex they were classified and assigned at birth. Infancy & childhood: newborns are soon labelled as boys or girls, differential treatment https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=fwiy2jqrz5u. 24 months: identity self as boy or girl. Adolescence (cid:862)ge(cid:374)de(cid:396) i(cid:374)te(cid:374)sifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374)(cid:863) a magnification of differences between males and females during early adolescence associated with increased pressure to conform to traditional gender roles. Social pressures on adolescents to conform to traditional roles may even help to explain why sex differences in cognitive abilities sometimes become more noticeable as children enter adolescence. Pressure to conform to gender stereotypes does not need to be real adoles(cid:272)e(cid:374)ts(cid:859) pe(cid:396)(cid:272)eptio(cid:374)s of thei(cid:396) pee(cid:396)s(cid:859) thoughts a(cid:374)d e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)tations can affect behaviours and lead to gender intensification. Evolved over millions of years in response to environmental demands and natural selection. Evolutionary theories contend modern gender roles have their roots in prehistoric male-female role differences.
