FAD2230 Lecture 4 Outline of Last Lecture I key terms II Gender roles III Hereditary vs environment IV Theories of gender socialization Outline of Current Lecture I Self Identification Theory II Gender Schema Theory III Chodorows Theory of Gender IV Chapter 2 i Race Ethnicity ii What does ethnicity mean iii Within group diversity iv African American SES Labor Current Lecture Self Identification Theory Kohlberg child become aware of being male female around age 3 Children categorize themselves by identifying behavior that are applied to their sex Children socialize themselves from available cultural materials Gender Schema Theory Bem 1981 children developed the schema influences how the child processes new information Once this framework is developed this schema influences how the child processes new information The child will retain gender consistent information easier than gender inconsistent information ex Boy girl commercials Chodorow s Theory of Gender Children develop a primary identification with usual caregiver usually mother Females develop an identification and model behavior from their relationships with their caregiver Males do not identify with opposite sex characteristics and must separate early to develop their identity and characteristics of detachment and independence CHAPTER 2 AMERICAN FAMILIES IN SOCIAL COMPLEX Race ethnicity Race implies a biological distinct group based on physical ft Scientific thinking rejects the idea that there are separate races distinguished by biological markers Race is a social construction What does ethnicity mean Ethnicity is national heritage language religion values Link between ethnicity and socio economical status yearly income geological location education values Within group diversity Within each racial category that there is diversity between the groups Caribbean and African blacks are different ex Koreans Japanese Chinese African American SES Labor however a higher proportion of black children 32 than those of other ethnic groups live in property Black women have traditionally been employed African Americans marriage
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