Gender Development Flashcards
What is Sex
The biological status of being male or female. XY is male, XX is female.
What is Gender
Being biologically male or female (sociocultural)
What is Gender Identity
This is the individuals sense of being male or female
What is Human Sexuality
This is a person’s sexual interest and attraction to others
What is Sexual Orientation
This is the emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions to man or woman
What are Gender Roles
This is societies expectation on what men and women are supposed to do and behave
What is Gender Socialization
This is the process in which children learn their gender roles
What are the Gender Socialization Agents
Family, education, peer groups, mass media.
What is the Social Learning Theory
By Albert Bandura which says that learning through observation and imitation of models attribute to gender role development
What is the Gender Schema Theory
says that children develop a schema for being male or female by 9 months. Children will adjust their behavior with their concept of gender.
Aggression
Men are more physically aggressive than women
Anxiety
Women are more often depressed and anxious, they have a 10 times greater chance of developing an eating disorder
men are more likely to commit suicide and become alcoholics
Academic Ability
boys outperform girls in math, and girls outperform boys in language. females read earlier than males.
