DEP 5057 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: John Money, Behaviorism, Gender Role
30 Mar 2016
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What makes a girl a girl? o o o o appearance behavior aggression personality. Ruble (1983) study: instrumental vs. expressive traits instrumental - more masculine based, has to do with doing things expressive - more female based, meaning more compassion. What causes development of these ideas of gender-appropriate traits, behaviors, etc. John money and the reimer twins o behaviorist - he claimed that gender identity is 100% learned o unfortunately that was not the case for the reimer twins. Biological perspectives epigenetic theory: genes determine sex and sex-specific traits o environmental influences interact with genes sex hormones cause/influence o fetal exposure to sex hormones development of sex organs brain development physical (body) morphology. Learning theories basic tenet: gender differences are learned: when we observe our children in in gender roles, you reinforce it subtly gender-appropriate behavior rewarded o by parents, friends cultural differences in gender role. Age 2-3: gender labeling o knowing the difference between boys and girls.
