PSYCH 140 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cultural Learning, Sexual Orientation, 6 Years
22 May 2019
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Children internalize stereotypes about intelligence at 6 years old. Parents and caregivers may use different kinds of language when they talk to kids of different ge nder. If parents were told that all zarpies were alike, they were more likely to assume that zarpies would share new traits. Teacher influences: interact different with boys and girls. Peer influences: gender-typed social norms in peer groups. A person"s preference in regard to males or females as objects of erotic feelings. Dealing with new feelings of sexuality is difficult for many adolescents, Dealing with new feelings of sexuality is difficult for many adolescents, but establishing a sexual identity is much harder for some adolescents than for others. Same sex and other-sex orientation as a continuum. Girls tending to show higher levels of school adjustment and achievements than boys do. In reading and writing, girls tend to achieve higher performance from elementary school into high school.
