PSY 2105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Relational Aggression, Stereotype, Attachment Disorder
23 Dec 2016
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Focus on attachment is not necessarily an indicator of an effective or appropriate therapy: Designed to address attachment issues in adopted children. Socialized to know what is for boy or girl. Gender role as a type of social role, we learn what is appropriate in culture based on ethnicity, time, religion. Peers socializing gender roles differently from parents. Sextyping: classification into gender roles based on biological sex. Bidirectional children"s own desires can influence adults behaviour, despite gender curriculum. A lot more intragroup differences than intergroup differences. Boys are a bit more agressive and muscular. Boys are better at visual spatial ability. Less of a difference in relational aggression ( mean girls not in a physical ways) Environmental influences - family, consequences of aggression, peers. Socialization practices maximize gender differences: girls and boys are channeled into sex typed behaviours. Block (1984) found that different experiences contribute to sex differences.
