Gender Differences Psychology性别差异心理学.pptVIP

Gender Differences SEX VS. GENDER biology behavior Gender in development differences from the start… XX vs. XY girls = healthier and hardier at birth girls = more “verbal” boys = more “active” Gender in development cognitive gender development… Children first understand gender, then identify with it (cute/embarrassing stories) Constancy age 3- identify, age 4- stability, age 5- constancy Stereotypes age 2- clothes, 3- toys, 4- colors, 5-behavioral traits (boys before girls, Santa study, Simpson, 1982) (Damon, 1977 quotes) Gender in development psychological differences… (Maccoby Jacklin