POL SCI 164A Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Sex Assignment, Psychodynamics, Gender Identity
30 Apr 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
PS 164A Lecture 4/17 Early Development
Social learning theory - Bandura
1. Exposure to sex-type behavior
2. Sex-typed behavior (behavior that is conducive with your assigned sex, stereotypical
behavior - i.e. masculine and feminine behavior)
a. Modeling
i. Boys are punished more for cross-sex type behavior
ii. Girls are more likely to pick dad as a model than boys to pick mom as a
model
b. Operant conditioning
3. Gender ID
Psychodynamic theory - Freud
1. Awareness of anatomical sex differences
2. Gender identity
a. Identify with same sex parent
3. Sex-typed behavior
Cognitive schema theory - Basow
1. Exposure to sex-typed behavior
2. Develop gender schemas and self-schemas
a. What are girls like and what are boys like
b. Girl vs. woman, boy vs man
3. Gender identity
4. Sex-typed behavior
Men have higher status in most dimensions of life, including politics, according to these
theories….. :)))))))))))))))
Themes from young to teens
● Personalization → abstraction
○ Example: President Trump is a name → later learn what the role of the
presidency is
● Homogenous belief → differentiation belief
Document Summary
Social learning theory - bandura: exposure to sex-type behavior, sex-typed behavior (behavior that is conducive with your assigned sex, stereotypical behavior - i. e. masculine and feminine behavior, modeling i. ii. Boys are punished more for cross-sex type behavior. Girls are more likely to pick dad as a model than boys to pick mom as a model: operant conditioning, gender id. Psychodynamic theory - freud: awareness of anatomical sex differences, gender identity a. Identify with same sex parent: sex-typed behavior. Cognitive schema theory - basow: exposure to sex-typed behavior, develop gender schemas and self-schemas, what are girls like and what are boys like, girl vs. woman, boy vs man, gender identity, sex-typed behavior. Men have higher status in most dimensions of life, including politics, according to these theories :))))))))))))))) Example: president trump is a name later learn what the role of the presidency is. Example: awareness of government knowledge about the three branches.
