PSY 3105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Gender Role, Stereotype Threat, Learned Helplessness

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3105
• Professor: Philip Wall

Document Summary

Sex differences and gender differences: gender roles and gender typing, effects of prenatal hormones on fetus, gender differences in amygdala, prefrontal cortex, prenatal testosterone levels and masculinity, contributions, interactions of genetics, environment. Clarifying the difference: gender, refers to the social categories of male and female. Sex: refers to the biological status of being male or female. Socialization: effects of others, society: treatment differences from earliest days, clothing, toys, stories coded by gender, bandura: observing same-sex models, consequences to others affect standards, behaviors. Importance of ideas about sex and gender: kohlberg: gender consistency-knowing gender is stable, gender identity: child identifies with own-gender role, gender schemas: child constructs gender understanding. Schemas direct person"s attention, behavior: more attention to own-gender information. Gender intensification in adolescents: pressure to conform strengthens in early adolescents, parents worry about inappropriate interest, activities, peers less tolerant of cross-gender behaviors, dating and conformity to traditional roles, research evidence for gender intensification mixed.