Biology determines sex of rearing and differential treatment follows from whether we are labelled M or F
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Who proposed the Social Role Theory?
Eagly and Wood (1999)
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What is the Social role theory?
Evolution dictates physiological differences and the sex role allocated to us creates the psychological differences.
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Give one criticism of research into the biosocial theory
Studies of abnormal individuals can't be generalised to all populations
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What did Condry and Condry study?
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
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What did Smith and Lloyd study? (1978)
Babies in unisex snowsuits given toys that matched the gender of the name they were given by ppts.
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Give a criticism of Smith and Lloyd's/Condry and Condry's study -
Participants may have experienced social desirability
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What theory did the David Reimer case study disprove?
Money and Ehrardt's theory that any gender will be maintained if assigned before the age of 3
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What did Goldwyn, 1979, study?
Daphne West, born with testes instead of ovaries but a female appearance who maintained her gender
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What did Eagly and Wood find in a re-examination of Buss' study?
In cultures where male strength is not important the difference between genders is reduced
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