PSYC 1005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Moral Development, Sex Segregation, Gender Role
29 Sep 2016
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Gender: psychological characteristics; thoughts, behaviors, emotions (what makes us, us) Gender role: set of behaviors that are traditionally thought of as male or female. Gender identity: peoples" sense of being male or female. May or may not correspond to biological sex. A misconception is that gender differences don"t exist until socializing and parenting. Infants as young as 1 year show preferences for gender-consistent toys. Infants as young as 3 months prefer to look at gender consistent toys. Sex segregation shows that young children understand difference between genders. 3 year old boys hang out with boys, girls hang out with girls. Gender role socialization is usually stricter for boys (us) Identity: sense of who we are, our goals and priorities. Dilemma concerning an individuals relations to other people. If you don"t solve each crisis, you have trouble in the next. Ideas about right vs. wrong develop in toddler years. Learn to associate right with reward and wrong with fear.
