A PSY 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, Normal Distribution
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Chapter 13 - development of sex differences and gender roles. Gender stereotypes widely held beliefs about genders. Feminine expressive: sensitive, nurturing, passive: development of gender stereotyping (early childhood vs. middle childhood/adolescence) Strengthen and become rigid through early childhood. Extend stereotypes to include personalities and school subjects. Gender-role adoption people assume specific roles for specific genders. Gender identity what the individual identifies/perceives themselves as. Male: high in masculinity, low in femininity. Female: low in masculinity, high in femininity. Androgynous: high in both masc. and fem. (higher adaptation: children with congenial adrenal hyperplasia (cah) and androgen sensitivity syndrome support the role of androgens in masculine gender role adoptation, predictor of psychological adjustment. Adjustment linked to: gender typicality, gender contentedness, pressure to conform to gender roles. Transgender video kid breastfeeds doll, born a boy now a girl. Gender typicality how much am i like the other kinds of the same gender? / how much do i fit in with the same gender.
