AQA A2 Psychology Unit 3 - Gender - Gender Schema Theory

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1. Who found that under the age of 4 children show no signs of gender constancy, but have strong gender stereotypes?

  • Martin & Little (1990)
  • Lyotard et al (1998)
  • Wilks and James (2003)
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2. Tenenbaun and Leaper (2002) believe that who has an influence on a child's gender schema?

  • Members of Authority
  • Parents
  • Peers

3. What did Campbell (2000) discover about preferences to gender?

  • Boys at ages 9 months preferred to look at boy orientated activities and toys
  • Boys and girls ages 10 months looked at the opposite gender and their activities
  • Girls aged 7 months had no preference on which gender they watched

4. Which study concluded that girls gender stereotyped through dolls by age 2-3?

  • Mullen (2001)
  • Campbell (2001)
  • Paulin-Dubois et al (2002)
  • Green (2004)

5. Why would contradiciting schema i.e. female mechanic, not be noticed by young children

  • Children only use gender schemas to deal with certain situations
  • Gender schema's are rigid and will only pay attention to things that are consistent
  • Gender schemas are only based on observation of peers don't understand that level of information yet
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