PSYC 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Personal Construct Theory, Social Constructionism, Grammatical Gender
15 Dec 2018
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Social constructionism: a broader theoretical approach to understanding human behavior, personal construct theory developed by george kelly in 1940s, best broad theory of human behavior that is social constructionist. Is there something about the human condition that creates these social constructions: but is sex socially constructed, chromosomes, gonads, hormones, etc. not constructed science. Is sexuality socially constricted? female/feminine behaviors: the meaning, experience, and expression of sexuality change over history. Seeing the changes over history illustrate social construction: sex and gender are social constructions according to social constructionists. Some people have gender identities that don"t match their genitalia: many societies have three or more genders, adaptations, california: november 2017, california is first state to legally recognize nonbinary people. India: constructed a gender class, hijra, for men who present themselves as being, gender is "essentialized" "like a woman: we do not see how we participate in creating it, we don"t see it, and we are constantly creating it.
