EDUC 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Gender Role
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By age 2 - labels self as boy or girl. By age 4 - understands gender is fixed. Understands a boy will grow into a man, a girl into a woman. Around age 5 - understands that cosmetic changes do not alter gender. Understand that acting like the opposing gender does not change the gender. By age 3 - consistent differences in preferred toys and activities. Toddler girls play with more soft toys and dolls, and ask for help more often from adults. Toddler boys play with more blocks and transportation toys and play more actively. By age 5 children become rigid in their beliefs in gender role stereotypes. When do adults begin to socialize by gender. Children actively form schemas (mental categories) for masculine and feminine. Children select activities that match accepted gender roles. Influence how people pay attention to, perceive and remember gender-relevant information.
