B and SL gender

Question 1

What are the ways that the B and SL explain gender?

Answer 1

• operant conditioning
• differential reinforcement
• SLT

Question 2

How does operant conditioning explain gender?

Answer 2

• behaving in gender appropriate way= rewarded w encouragement (pos rei)
• behaving in gender inappropriate way= punish behaviour (pos pun)

Question 3

What is differential reinforcement?

Answer 3

• boys reinforced for masculine behaviour
• girls reinforced for feminine behaviour
• usually father

Question 4

How does SLT explain gender?

Answer 4

• parents model gender appropriate behaviour (mom cook)
• child observes
• child observes consequence of model behaviour (vic rei)
• more powerful if mother

Question 5

How does SLT explain how media influences gender?

Answer 5

• media shows gender typical models
• media shows gender atypical models who have high status
• can act in gender typical or atypical way if reward is present (vic rei)
• identification

Question 6

What is the evaluation of the B and SL approach to explaining gender?

Answer 6

• S- Smith and Lloyd 1978 show that baby when dressed as different gender was treated differently (diff rei)
• W - Children are more active in constructing gender than the approach suggests and many more are gender atypical