PSYC 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Stanley Tweyman

Document Summary

Parents contribute to sex differences in ability by treating sons and daughters differently: eccles et al. find that parental expectations about sex differences in math ability become self fulfilling prophecies, parents are influences by stereotypes and expect boys to outperform girls, parents attribute boys success to ability, but girls to hard work, children begin to internalize their parents views, thinking they lack the ability, girls become less interested in math. Developmental trends in gender typing: gender typing research has traditionally of 3 separate but interrelated topics, the development of gender identity: out awareness of our gender and its implications, the development of gender role stereotypes, or our ideas about what males and females are suppose to be like, the development of gender typed patterns of behaviour that is, the childs tendency to favour same sex activities over those associated with the other sex.