PSYC 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Gender Identity, Gender Role, 18 Months

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2500
• Professor: Monique Senechal

Document Summary

Intro: social roles cultural guidelines for people"s behaviour, gener roles. Learnt in infancy: behaviours considered appropriate for males and females, gender identity, perceptions of oneself as either male or female, 1. Learn that traits and occupations associated with males tend to earn more money and have higher social status than those associated with females: grade 6. Ideas of gender stereotypes are virtually as well formed as those of adults: 5 years. Judge one third of the traits according to adult stereotypes: 11 years, have adult-like knowledge of gender stereotypes, do not always apply. Low socioeconomic status homes = no difference between boys and hgirsl. Lots of overlap: boys and girls do not differ in many aspects of cognition, personality and social behaviour. List of ways that the are similar is much longer than how they are: evaluating gender differences differenet, 3.