This is the 3rd stage at which our sense of gender develops between 3-5 years
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Identification
When a child resolves their anxiety and guilt created by behaving like the same sex parent
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Oedipus Complex
The conflict experienced by a boy cause he unconsiously desires his mother and is afraid of castration
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Electra Complex
The conflict experienced by a girl because she is unconciously desires her father and is afraid of losing her mothers love
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Observation
Watching the behaviour of a role model
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Imitation
Copying the behaviour of others
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Vicarious Reinforcement
When a role model is praised or rewarded for their behaviour, the child is more likely to imitate them. If the model is punished for their behaviour the child is less likely to imitate them
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Gender Schema
Is the mental building block of knowledge that conatins information about each gender - behaviours, clothes, activities, personality traits and roles linked to each sex
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Gender Stereotype
Is when all males and all females are seen as being similar. Some people's gender schema's are made up of gender stereotypes e.g builders are men, secrateries are women.
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Highly Gender Schematised
Is when gender is very important and information is organised according to gender appropriate and innapropriate roles
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Gender Labelling
By 18 months a child knows whether they are a boy or a girl. By 2 they indentify the gender of other children but they do not know that everyone stays the same sex throughout life or that we say the same sex if we change our appearance
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Gender Stablility
From the age of 3-5 the child realises that a persons sex is stable and remains the same throughout their life. However a child in this stage would be very confused in a change of appearance and would think that would effect your gender
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Gender Constancy
At 6 years onwards a child will understand that gender remains constant in themselves and gender remains constant in other people despite changes in their appearance. The child now pays more attention to people of the same sex and adopts behaviour
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Gender Disturbance
Not developing the gender indentity usually associated with one's sex
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Modelling
A role model provides an example for the child
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Card 2
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When a child resolves their anxiety and guilt created by behaving like the same sex parent
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Identification
Card 3
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The conflict experienced by a boy cause he unconsiously desires his mother and is afraid of castration
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Card 4
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The conflict experienced by a girl because she is unconciously desires her father and is afraid of losing her mothers love
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