PSY311H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Baby Talk, Single Parent, Sperm Bank
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Traditional view if the family is that moms provide nurturing and caregiving and dads provide discipline. Moms" roles in the home haven"t changed much but dad"s roles have. Dads are more involved with the kids by acting as playmates with them while also providing discipline. Block (1976) suggested that dads would be more important to the sex role development of children than moms. This is because dads treat boys and girls differently according to their sex. This notion is based upon johnson"s reciprocal theory (1963, 1975). Fathers would make a greater distinction than mom of sex of children. Mom"s also make sex distinction but not as great as dads. Evidence: dads" but not moms" sex stereotyping is evident from the newborn period, even when no behavioral differences are apparent. Babies look the same when they are born but dad won"t put up with the fact that a boy is treated or dressed like a girl.
