PSYC 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Lev Vygotsky, Peer Pressure, Interrupt
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Theories of sex role identity **** good exam q***** Psychoanalytical: development of the superego at the end of the phallic stage, theory that freud offered to account for sexual identity dev of superego! Studies show that knowledge of genital differences does(cid:374)"t happen until later! Imitates who they want to be most like and the person that has the most power to reward the child: so cross-sex imitation is possible, but they have to deal with the consequences of imitating who they do! Cognition: sex identify is a concept that develops like other concept. It has a positive component of any other concept, i get labeled girl just like i label chair etc. Most girls choose boy activities than the reverse. More girls say the(cid:455)"d rather be a boy than the other way: boys do(cid:374)"t develop a language before girls. Gender schema theory: combines aspects of social learning and cognitive theory.
