1 Psychology 320: Psychology of Gender and Sex Differences November 4 Lecture 22
2 Office Hour Invitations November 8, 11:30-2:30, Kenny
3 Announcement Due to a malfunction of the machine that scores the scantron forms, there will be a short delay in the posting of the grades for the first exam. I will inform the class via when the grades are available on the course website.
4 The peer mentors (Derek, Natalie) will hold a tutorial today: When? 5:00-6:00 (Note change in time.) Where? Kenny 2101 Reminder
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A little R&R …. (Review and Reflect) 6
7 Social Learning Theories of Gender Development 1. What theories illustrate the social learning view?
8 1.describe the social cognitive theory of gender development. 2. identify common models of gender. By the end of today’s class, you should be able to:
9 What theories illustrate the social learning view? The social learning view emphasizes social influences and learning processes in gender development. Three theories illustrate the social learning view:
10 1.Social Cognitive Theory Maintains that the characteristics of females and males diverge because they learn sex-appropriate characteristics from distinct models.
11 Research indicates that people are more likely to imitate a model when the model: is of the same sex as the observer. behaves in a gender-role congruent way.
12 Models may be “real-life” models or symbolic models: parents. peers. toys. books. television programs. advertisements. music videos. computer games.
Common Toys for Girls 13
Common Toys for Boys 14
“Classic” Books for Children 15
16 Contemporary research (e.g., Diekman & Murnen, 2004; Gooden & Gooden, 2001) indicates that: Females and males are presented as the main character in children’s books with equal frequency. Males are featured more frequently in illustrations than females. Males are depicted in more varied roles than females.
17 Both sexes continue to be portrayed in gender-typical ways. In contrast to “sexist” books, “nonsexist” books present females as more masculine but do not present males as more feminine.
The Berenstain Bears Little Bear Children’s and Primetime TV Series Real Housewives (of Vancouver) Flashpoint Homeland Mighty Machines Gossip Girl 18 The Bachelor Mad Men
Signorielli & Lears (1992), Rivadeneyra & Ward (2005), Zurbiggen & Morgan (2006): Found a positive correlation between time spent watching television and the extent to which children and adults hold gender-role stereotypes. 19
Vintage Advertisements 20
Contemporary Advertisements 21
Contemporary Advertisements 22
Contemporary Advertisements 23
24 1.describe the social cognitive theory of gender development. 2. identify common models of gender. By the end of today’s class, you should be able to: