Gender schema theory
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- Created on: 16-12-20 08:50
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- Gender schema theory
- MARTIN AND HALVERSON (1981)
- agree with Kohlberg that there is a positive correlation with increasing age and sophisticated understand
- they think it starts early
- relies on experience
- at the core is the notion of schemas
- a mental mind map that help us to understand
- structure thoughts of infants about what behaviour is appropriate for their gender
- a mental mind map that help us to understand
- development of G is active
- THE GENDER SCHEMA
- starts at age 2
- actively seek out info about the gender they identify with
- initially based on stereotypical behaviours
- e.g girls wearing pink
- as it becomes more compre hensive they have heightened self esteem
- GROUPS
- first it is boy/girl
- own sex are the in grouo, opposite are the out group
- children aged 3-7 develop an identification with their in group
- develop an appreciation for the outgroup at age 8
- identification leads to emulating in group behaviours, avoiding out group ones
- actively seek out info about how they are supposed to behave
- KEY STUDY
- to see gender schema biases memory
- 48 pps, 5-6 years old
- shown pictures of gender consistent and inconsistent behaviour
- e.g girl cooking and girl chopping wood
- children were asked to recall a week later
- distorted the memory of the inconsistent behaviour, change schemas to fit stereotypes
- EVALUATION
- research support from Bradbard et al (1986) shows how gender schemas are related to memory
- took more interest in items that were labelled for their in groups
- methodology issues with interviewing children, more subject to demand characteristic
- took more interest in items that were labelled for their in groups
- adopts an empirical stance, believe behaviour will change if stereotypes do
- allows for interventions and treatment as the environment can be changed
- doesn't account for individual differences, children with the same env may respond differently to gender behaviours
- overestimate the value of schemas, Hoffman (1998) mothers working meant children has less stereotyped views
- gender bias, girls are more willing to do masculine activities than boys with feminine, because theyre more desireable
- might be different for each gender
- research support from Bradbard et al (1986) shows how gender schemas are related to memory
- MARTIN AND HALVERSON (1981)
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