FMLY 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 62: Grammatical Gender, Anti-Social Behaviour, Peer Pressure

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Family Social Sciences
• Course: FMLY 1010
• Professor: Christine A.Schippers

Document Summary

Adolescents form academic self-concepts based on their own internal comparisons with their own ideal, and external comparisons to peers. Perceived competence in 1 domain affects how a teen sees himself in other areas. Overall rise in self-esteem throughout adolescence, continues increasing more slowly during adulthood. Self-esteem is affected by: personal characteristics, relationships, lifestyle factors, and achievements. High self-esteem is correlated with positive developmental outcomes. Anti-social behaviour, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, suicidal thinking (table 12. 1: influences on adolescent self-esteem, page 352) Gender role identity = gender-related aspects of the psychological self. Adolescents understand that gender roles are social conventions. Pare(cid:374)tal attitudes/behaviour are i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t i(cid:374) shapi(cid:374)g tee(cid:374)s" ideas about gender/sex roles. Masculine and feminine used to be thought of as polar opposites (cannot be both) New research supports that they are part of the same continuum, and occur in varying quantities. 4 basic gender roles emerge by classifying people as high/low in masculinity/femininity.