PS275 Lecture Notes - Remedial Education, Relational Aggression, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
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Chapter 13: development of sex differences and gender roles. In androgen insensitivity syndrome, the testes produce normal levels of androgens, but androgen receptors in body cells are partially or completely impaired: predominantly male to typically female urogenital tract and external genitals. Feminine gender-typed behaviour, including toy choices, play behaviours and preference for girl playmates: all children with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome were reared as girls. In homes where fathers devote as much or more time to child care as mothers, children tend to be less gender-typed in the emotional expression. In childhood, fathers more than mothers encourage gender- appropriate behaviour: parents also seem especially committed to ensuring the gender typing of children of their own sex. In classrooms, men and women teachers usually obedience and discourage assertiveness. Children who often see their parents cross traditional gender lines less often endorse gender stereotypes: by age 3, same-sex peers positively reinforce one another for. Gender-appropriate play by praising, imitating, or joining in.
