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Card 6

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Gender labelling = children label themselves and others as a boy/girl, man/woman (this label is based on outward ---------- like hair & clothes) - label will change as appearance changes.

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Card 7

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By the end of stage 1 children can label others & themselves as either boy or girl - a child's way of thinking at this stage has been described by Piaget as -------------- (lacks internal logic - superficial logic but isn't internally consistent).

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Card 8

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Stage 2 = gender --------- & occurs around the age of 4.

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Card 9

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Gender stability = children recognise gender is something that's ---------- over time, boys become men & girls become women - thus their gender concept is stable but not yet consistent (still think m's might become f's if they engage in f activities)

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Card 10

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Children under the age of 7 are still swayed by outward appearances - an example of Piaget's concept of ------------.

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Card 11

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In terms of gender, children around 7 believe that a person must be a ---- if they wear a dress (if they appear to be female then they must be) - they lack the ability to conserve.

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Card 12

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Who found that when young children were shown a line drawing of a doll where male genitals were visible through the dress, those under 5 judged the doll to be a girl due to the external appearance despite the contrary evidence?

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Card 13

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Stage 3 = gender ----------- & occurs around the age of 6.

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Card 14

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Gender consistency = children come to realise that gender's consistent across situations - thus they've now developed full gender --------- (across time & situations).

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Card 15

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The key feature of stage 3 is that it's at this point, when a child's acquired gender constancy, that they start to learn about gender appropriate --------- (up until now it didn't seem relevant as the child still believed their gender may change).

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