Biosocial Flashcards
Outline money’s theory (Biosocial gender)
Once established as male or female, the individual is bombarded with behaviour that society believes is appropriate
Who did money generally work with? (Biosocial gender)
Intersex patients (ambiguous gender)
What did money suggest? (Biosocial gender)
If a genetic male is labelled female before the age of three, he would quite a female identity
What did Gangstead et al (2006) find? (Biosocial gender)
Found that some behaviours are universal, however there are cultural differences in some
What were Smith and Lloyd (1978) procedures? (Biosocial gender)
Presented mothers with an ‘actor baby’ who would change gender accordingly
What did Smith and Lloyd (1978) find? (Biosocial gender)
When the baby was a boy, the mother would give you orientated around boys and vice versa with the girl
What did Condry (1985) find? (Biosocial gender)
Adults watching children play in the snow were told the gender of the child, even though it could not be seen. Behaviour was defined as aggressive if they were labelled as male
What does Eagly and Woods suggest? (Biosocial gender)
The evolutionary theory proposes the selective pressures cause physical and psychological difference between males and females
What trait does a female hold? (Biosocial gender)
Communal traits
What trait does a male hold? (Biosocial gender)
Agenic traits
RLA to the social learning theory? (Biosocial gender)
Women have began to take on communal and agenic traits due to the increase in egalitarian society
What did Eagly and Wood (2002) suggest about the cause and effect on gender? (Biosocial gender)
Hormonal differences between men and women may be the outcome of social roles rather than the cause
What did Urdy (2000) suggest? (Biosocial gender)
Hormones explain how sensitive a child is towards male or female socialisation
What are the two key theories? (Biosocial gender)
Money’s theory and social role theory
