PSYC 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Counterclaim
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Social psychology aims to better understand an individual"s thoughts, behaviors, and attitudes within a social framework. In this essay, i will address how gender roles are formed and analyze it through the viewpoint of social psychology. The topic i am interested in exploring is how certain behaviors and attitudes can play a vital role in creating specific gender norms for each person. The specific social context in which i will be studying is the family. Important to consider when thinking about gender: what is gender, the social construction of gender and its significance in understanding gender roles, the family as a social context. Imitation/ modelling: research on how a child"s behaviour is learned and shaped through imitation, gender-related information provided by parents for children to learn and imitate, a child learns from their parents: The roles a parents plays in their house.
