PSYC 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Sandra Bem, Domain Theory

• School: WVU
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 241
• Professor: Lauren Alvis

Document Summary

Domain theory: domain theory: social conventional, moral, and personal reasoning come from different kinds of social experience, social-conventional: conventional rules developed through consensus, moral: issues of others" welfare, trust, distribution of resources, personal issues, criticism of kohlberg. Young children (age 2) can separate moral and social conventions: with age: personal domain emerges. Gender development outline: terms, biological perspective, cognitive perspective. Gender schema theory: social cognitive perspective, parental and peer influences. Gender development terms: gender identity age 2-3 years, gender stability age 3-7 years. Gender constancy age 3-7 years: develops in the context of society, behavioral differences in choice of: Nurturing gender: gender roles, gender-typing, gender stereotypes. Biological approach to gender: there are similar gender roles in many cultures. Cognitive approach to gender roles: children classify themselves as male or female, then organize their behavior. Gender-schema theory: sandra bem: cognitive theory, schema. Mentally organized information that influences a category of behavior (gender) Gender schemas promote gender stereotypes and gender typing.