Babies in unisex snow suits given toys that opposed the gender of the name they were given by ppts.
Babies in unisex snowsuits given toys that matched the gender of the name they were given by ppts.
Showed male and female participants videos of a male (David) child or female (Dana) child playing with a jack in the box. Girls reaction said to be fear and boys to be anger
7. What is the Social role theory?
Evolution dictates physiological differences and the sex role allocated to us creates the psychological differences.
Biology determines sex of rearing and differential treatment follows from whether we are labelled M or F
Gender is a socially constructed concept
Men have a lower earning capacity due to evolution
8. Give one criticism of research into the biosocial theory
Studies of abnormal individuals can't be generalised to all populations
it is rubbish
It is on the wrong side of the nature vs nurture debate
9. Who proposed the Social Role Theory?
Eagly and Wood (1999)
Money and Ehrardt (1972)
Reimer (1967)
Wilson (1997)
10. Give a criticism of Smith and Lloyd's/Condry and Condry's study -
Participants may have experienced social desirability
All of the above
Babies in Condry and Condry's study put under stress by the jack in the box (unethical)
In Smith and Lloyd's study there was not a gender neutral name, so no control group
11. What theory did the David Reimer case study disprove?
The theory of everything
Money and Ehrardt's theory that any gender will be maintained if assigned before the age of 3
