PSYC 355 : ch5 definitions
23 Jul 2011
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Characteristics of people as male or females. Set of expectations that prescribes how females and males should think, act, feel. Gender differences mainly result from the contrasting roles of females and males, with females having less power and status adn controlling fewer resources than males. Differences due to social experience women adapted to roles with less power and status in society and show more cooperative less dominant profiles than men = social hierarchy adn division of labor important causes. Children"s and adole gender development occurs through observation and imitiation of gender behaviour, and through rewards and punishments they experience for gender-appropriate and gender inappropriate behaviour. Cognitive structure, network of associations that guide individual"s perceptions. Individual"s attention and behavior are guided by an internal motivation to conform to gender-based sociocultural standards and stereotypes. Gender shema organizes world in terms of gender = children + adole internally motivated to perceive world and act in accordance with their developing schema.
