Sources of Social Influence

1. Who observed mothers playing with an infant who was either presented as a boy or a girl & found that they selected gender-appropriate toys & alos responded more actively when a 'boy' showed increased motor activity? (5, 3, 5)
6. Who showed film clips to kids aged 8 & 9 where boys & girls were seen selecting an apple or pear? When later given a choice of fruit boys selected the fruit they'd seen another boy selecting & same with girls. (5, 3, 6)
9. Who found that parents who show the clearest patterns of differential reinforcement have children who're quickest to develop strong gender preferences? (5, 2, 2)

2. Those who have a higher -------- the differential gender representations tend to display more stereotypic gender role conceptions than to light viewers. (8)
3. It's likely that peer behaviour doesn't create gender role stereotypes but simply ---------- existing ones. (10)
4. Seeing people ------- to oneself succeed raises a person's beliefs in their own capabilities (self-efficacy) whereas seeing the failure of ------- others produces self-doubt about one's own ability to master similar activities. (7)
5. The media generally portrays men as independent & pursing of engaging occupations whereas women are shown to be dependent & unambitious. Who says this? (6, 3, 7)
6. Peers provide feedback when a friend steps outside of what's accepted as appropriate gender behaviour, reinforcing each other for gender-appropriate behaviour & --------- what's seen as inappropriate for that gender. (9)
7. It's --------- to demonstrate the effects of media stereotypes because almost all children watch some TV and therefore there are no control groups for comparison, except for the rare cases of communities that have no TV. (9)
8. Men are more likely to be shown exercising control over events whereas women are frequently shown to be more at the mercy of others. Who says this? (6, 2, 2)

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