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GENDER SCHEMA THEORY - Coggle Diagram
GENDER SCHEMA THEORY
gender schema
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ingroup schema: information that relates to a group an individual identifies with. contains information that relates to an individuals own gender
eg. toys they should play with, clothes they should wear, cars they should drive
outgroup schema: the group an individual does not identify with. it contains information that relates to the opposite gender
once these are learned children can concentrate on learning more appropriate behaviours for their gender and show ingroup favouritism
Bradbard 1896
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this demonstrates that when information does not seem relevant in their ingroup schema it is less likely to be remembered
peer relationships
play with other children may lead children to believe that all girls share the same interests and all boys share the same interests
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children show a preference for same gender play mates, actively ignoring the other gender
gender schemas therefore influence children's likelihood of developing social relationships with same and opposite gender peers
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weakness
this suggests that children are not entirely fixed in their views and can be receptive to some gender inconsistent ideas
Hoffman 1998 - found children who have mother that work have less stereotyped views of what men and women do
research suggest that children's stereotypes about gender roles are not as fixed and resistant to change as gender schema theory would predict