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Gender/Sex
Developmental Psychology Terms and Definitions (Gender Roles/Sex Differences)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gender | sociocultural dimension of being biologically male or female |
| Gender Roles | sets of expectations that prescribe how males and females should act, thing and feel |
| Gender Identity | our sense of being male of female |
| Biopsychosocial model | ascribes gender, gender roles and gender identity to the interaction of heredity and environment |
| Biological perspective | sex chromosomes (X, Y), organs and general characteristics |
| Evolutionary perspective | concerned with survival; men show dominance and women show attracting the dominant man |
| Psychoanalytic perspective | girls learn to be feminine from their mothers; boys learn to be masculine from their fathers |
| Behavioral perspective | Gender identity determined by trying to imitate a significant role model |
| Cognitive perspective | children constantly try to make meaning out of information that they learn about gender |
| Gender Schema | filtering perceptions of the world according to what is appropriate for females |
| Gender Role Stereotypes | broad categories that reflect our impressions and beliefs about males and females |
| Androgyny | the presence of desirable masculine and feminine characteristics in the same individual |
| Meta-analysis | research shows (on a cognitive scale) differences within each gender are larger than the differences between each gender |
| Stereotype threat | anxiety that influences member of a group concerned that their performance will confirm a negative stereotype |
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