Chapter 8 Flashcards

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Gender identity

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The ability to correctly label oneself and others as male and females. Our sense of being male or female

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Gender stability (3-5)

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The understanding that gender is a stable, lifelong characteristic

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Gender constancy (5-8)

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The understanding that gender is a component of the self that is not altered by external appearance

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Gender Schema theory

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An information processing approach to gender concept development, asserting that people use a schema for each gender to process information about themselves and others

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Key points of gender schema

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  • Begins to develop as soon as child notices differences between male and female, knows own gender, can label two groups with consistency by age 2 or 3
  • Once child has established a primitive gender schema, a great many experiences can be assimilated to it
  • As soon as schema begins to be formed, children may begin to show preference for same-sex playmates or for gender stereo-typed activities
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Parenting styles

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The characteristic strategies that parents use to manage children’s behavior

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Permissive parenting style

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A style of parenting that is high in nurturance and low in maturity demands, control, and communication

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Authoritarian parenting style

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A style of parenting that is low in nurturance and communication, but high in control and maturity demands

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Authoritative parenting style

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A style of parenting that is high in nurturance, maturity demands, control, and communication

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Uninvolved parenting style

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A style of parenting that is low in nurturance, maturity demands, control, and communication

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Aggression

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Behavior intended to harm another person or an object

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Instrumental aggression

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Aggression used to gain or damage an object

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Hostile aggression

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Aggression used to hurt another person or gain an advantage

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Group entry

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Children who are skilled in group entry spend time observing others to find out what they’re doing and then try to become a part of it.
* Children who have poor group entry skills try to gain acceptance through aggressive behavior or by interrupting the group. Developmentalists have found that children with poor group-entry skills are often rejected by peers

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Skills young child uses to initiate and maintain contact with a group of unfamiliar peers

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Group entry

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empathy

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The ability to identify with another person’s emotional state

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Egocentrism

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The young child’s belief that everyone sees and experiences the world the way she does