Differences in the Brain
Hormone that is often related to strength, bravery, and aggression.
What is testosterone?
This theory believes the main force behind gender roles are systems of rewards and punishments. Children observe how adults act/react and copy them.
What is Social Cognitive theory?
The type of toys that boys are expected to prefer to play with more.
In navigation, this gender uses the hippocampus on the right side of the brain more. This results in a reliance on landmarks more than geometry.
What is a female?
This theory is based on the idea that development is split into three stages: gender identity, gender stability, and gender constancy.
What is Cognitive-Developmental theory?
Definition: A complex cluster of traits and behaviors that are considered stereotypical of females or of males.
What are gender roles? (pg. 335)
The right and left sides of the brain are more specialized for this gender. (they don't "get along" as well).
What is a male? (pg. 338)
This theory believes that children use gender to organize their perception of the world. Once children learn the difference between girls and boys, they strive to fit into the stereotype.
What is Gender-Schema theory?
What is a female? (pg. 336)