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Cognitive developmental theory
In the first stage, usually attained by age 2, children acquire ____ ____, the ability to categorise themselves and others as either male or female.

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GENDER IDENTITY

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The second stage, ____ ____, occurs when children understand that their gender remains constant over time.

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GENDER STABILITY

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The third stage, ____ ____, occurs when children learn that a persons gender cannot be altered by changes in appearance or activities.

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GENDER CONSTANCY

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The ability to categorise themselves and others as either male or female.

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GENDER IDENTITY

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Occurs when children understand that their gender remains constant over time.

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GENDER STABILITY

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Occurs when children learn that a persons gender cannot be altered by changes in appearance or activities.

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GENDER CONSTANCY

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Children encode and organise information about their culture’s definitions of maleness and femaleness in ____ ____, mental representations that associate psychological characteristics with each sex.
____ ____ can be quite persistent across the life span.

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Gender schemas

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Beliefs about appropriate behaviours of the sexes.

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Sex-role ideology

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People everywhere share certain ____ about men and women, which appear to be rooted in both differences between the sexes and social and cultural practices and beliefs.

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Stereotypes