GENDER

• Typical gender- When biological sex and perceived gender align.
• Atypical gender- When biological sex and perceived gender do not align.
• Two approaches to explain gender identity

  1. The cognitive approach
  2. Behaviourist approach
• Children learn about gender roles through observing the behaviour of people around us.
• We construct a gender schema for males and females based on characteristics and behaviours we observe
• When a child then imitates these gender appropriate behaviours, they are usually rewarded and then reinforced. ( LT)
• Stereotype - A negative assumption about a person or group of people based on a set of characteristics and behaviours.
• When we see someone who is androgenous we experience negative priming as we are unable to tell whether or not they are male or female.

  • Our responses slow down and we are mor likely to make an error.
• In order not to make the same mistake again, we must make new schemas - ASSIMILATION.