PSY317H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Stuffed Toy, Confounding, Gender Role
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Major players: biology, ex: nurture vs. nature, socialization, ex: media in uence, cognitive processes, culture, ex: dictates gender identities roles etc. Biological in uence: genetics: monozygotic share (mz) 100% of genes (identical twins, dizygotic twins (dz) share 50% of genes (fraternal twins) 5: 2d:4d not always accurate, larger difference detected later in life, 2d:4d more useful in predicting gender typed behaviour. Socialization in uences: parents: study: studies the preference and time of play with trucks or doll between boys and girls. T2: girls spent more time playing with dolls and boys spent more time playing with trucks at t2. Socialization: parental communication of cultural values: appropriate clothing, responsibility for domestic labour, interactions between genders. 5: understand that maleness and femaleness do not change across activities, gender constancy, children"s genders are exible across contexts, girls can be masculine, males can be feminine.
