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1
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two theories of gender development

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social leanring, cognitive

2
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Social Learning Theories

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social factors cause kids to develop gender

3
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Where did SLT come from?

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Behaviorists

4
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How does direct learning work?

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Rewards and punishments

5
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how does indirect learning work?

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observation and imitation

6
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What is Cognitive Theory?

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growth of cognitive abilities develop gender

7
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what is sex-typing

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process that people acquire gendered behaviors

8
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Are girls or boys more often allowed to participate in cross sex behavior?

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girls

9
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how do parents predict their boy babies?

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stronger, more agile

10
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what parents are the least tolerant of what behavior ?

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fathers are less tolerant of boys participating in cross sex behaviors

11
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what is the langolis and downs experiment ?

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kids do sex typical and cross sex play, and parents reinforce sex-typical play

12
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what are ways people say heck girls?

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  • abort babies like in china

- boys receive better treatment even in times of financial distress

13
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what does a high rate of abortion/leaving infant girls do to populations?

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skewed sex ratios

14
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do kids raised by gay parents have issues with identity more so than kids raised by straight parents?

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nah. its the same for psychological conditions across the board.

15
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type of parent-child interaction

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child temperament can influence how a parent treats them

16
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what kinda kids have the least traditional sex-typical behavior?

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kids w cross-sex siblings

17
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do kids have preferred gender groups?

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yes; kids often have segregated friend groups by sex, and they choose it to be that way (not forced)

18
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what emotion is amplified by girls hanging w girls?

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increased sadness

19
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what emotion is amplified by boys hanging w boys?

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anger

20
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what do segregated groups of kids by sex teach people?

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peers teach one another sex-typical ways to express emotion (sadness and anger)

21
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what is the biggest media influence for kids?

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TV

22
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how are boy characters in media portrayed?

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as strong, independent, leaders.

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how are girls portrayed in media?

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sexualized

24
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preferential looking

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showing infants things and recording the time they spend looking at said thing .

25
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how old do homies make sex-typical distinctions ?

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3-8 months

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is there a genetic component with peeps playing with sex-typical toys, or is it all social? how do we know?

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yes; we studied monkeys and saw a gender pattern

27
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percentage of time children spend playing with atypical toys

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5%

28
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percentage of time children spend playing with sex-stypical toys

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20%

29
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percentage of time children spend playing with gender neutral toys

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75%

30
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What is cognitive development theory?

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children understanding gender in three main stages of processing

31
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gender identity

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ability ot label oneself and others by sex

32
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typical gender identity age

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2-3

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gender stability

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understanding that sex is constant across time

34
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gender stability age

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4-5

35
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gender consistancy

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sex is largely fixed; does not change from superficial features such as a hair cut or makeup

36
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gender consistency age

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6-7

37
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Gender schema theory

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network of info about gender guide how people interpret/process/remember info

38
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gender aschematic

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dont use gender as a dimension for interpreting the world

39
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developmental intergroup theory

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how gender stereotypes are formed in children

40
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gender socialization model

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kids form 3 cognitive associations about gender

41
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gendered self views

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part of GSM; connect self to traits by sex

42
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criticism of SL

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children are considered “passive recipients” of environmental influences and ignore how kids think about gender

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criticism of cognitive

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de-emphasizing the role of the world (especially culture)

44
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gender non-conformity

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trans/cross sex play/binary

45
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is non conformity genetic?

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moderately, found biological factors

46
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what could genes for play as a child also code for?

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sexual orientation

47
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do cis and trans kids have different preferences?

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no. In ages 5-12, trans kids are the same as far as cis kids of the same age