PSYC 6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Electra Complex, Phallic Stage, Oedipus Complex
15 May 2020
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Biology determines whether an embryo is male or female. During early childhood, sex patterns and preferences become important to children and apparent to adults. At age 2, children apply gender labels. By age 4, children are convinced that certain toys and roles are best suited for one sex or the other. In the us, sexual stereotypes are obvious and rigid between ages 3 and 6. Sex differences: biological differences between males and females, in organs, hormones, and body type. Gender differences: differences in the roles and behaviors of males and females. Many preschoolers become rigid in their ideas of male and female. Most older children consider ethnic discrimination immoral, but they accept some sex discrimination. Are learned through all roles, values, and morals. Gender-appropriate behavior rewarded more frequently than gender- inappropriate behavior. Children notice the ways men and women behave and internalize the standards they.
