CFS 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Social Learning Theory, Observational Learning, Chromosome
14 Feb 2017
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Cultural influences: collectivist societies tend to encourage conforming to gender-role standards. Adolescent thinking about gender stereotypes: less flexible again; increased pressure to conform. Gender intensification: later in high school, may be more flexible again. Development of gender-typed behavior: 14 to 22 months. Children prefer gender appropriate toys: gender segregation. 2 years, girls prefer playing with girls. 3 years, boys prefer playing with boys. Sex differences in gender-typed behavior: males are assigned greater status, males feel stronger pressure to adhere to gender appropriate codes, most girls do comply with prescriptions for the feminine role by adolescence. Subcultural variations in gender-typing: middle class adolescents hold more flexible gender-role attitudes then low ses peers, african-american children hold less stereotyped views of women than european- Both due to differences in education and family life. Evolutionary theory: males and females face different evolutionary pressures, natural selection created fundamental differences in male and female roles.
