By definition the term Social learning theory is an approach that emphasizes on the role of modeling otherwise known as imitation or observational learning‚ in the development of behavior (Matlin‚ 85). The behavior in which children learn is typically gender-related meaning that they will act based on their gender for example‚ girls will learn how to act in a feminine way and boys will learn how to act in a masculine way. The way children learn how to act gender appropriate is through their parents
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After reading Gender Role Behaviors and Attitudes by Aaron Devor and The Gender’s Blur: Where Does Biology End and Society Take Over? by Deborah Blum‚ I recognize that social and familial beliefs in gender differences definitely shaped my perception of gender images and roles during my upbringing. There is an extreme distinction between being a male and being a female. When parents have a little girl‚ they would raise her as a girl. Since I was a kid‚ I was told how I should dress‚ speak‚ move‚ and
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"The Meanings of Race‚ Class‚ Gender‚ and Sexuality" The meanings of race‚ class‚ gender‚ and sexuality are definitely complicated and intertwined through intersectionality. To fully understand these meanings‚ one must first open his or her mind and recognize that social stipulations that society inflicts upon people need to be thrown away. One must ignore conceptions of something being static or natural (Mills 10). A naïve individual would consider race as simply a biological classification
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Social constructionism is a based on theoretical knowledge and more importantly where these ideas come from; society. Gender and sexuality are social constructs. What defines a person’s gender? Their body parts‚ their self identification or what society says they are? Traditionally‚ humans are born as male‚ female or intersex‚ that is their identifier from the day a person is born. Sexuality can be viewed the same‚ traditionally‚ a person is attracted to the opposite sex and it has only recently
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different desires‚ and needs. Gender comes out as the common output of differences between masculinity and femininity‚ thus‚ different from the concept of sex describing biological differences between females and males. From a sociological perspective‚ gender is a social construction or an outcome of the social environment. In the definitional aspect‚ social construction relates to the processes by which ideas on how things should work undergo conceptualization into social reality. Before the emergence
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exactly is “Gender” and what a “Social Construct” means. GENDER In a layman’s language‚ Gender is simply the distinction between male and female. However‚ if we look deeper in well‚ we will notice the gender construction starts with the association of sex category at the time of birth. Sex is the biological distinction between a man and a woman and gender is based on sex. A sex category becomes a gender status through naming‚ dress and the use of other gender marks
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Gender is ascribed meaning something people are not born as or with‚ while sex is prescribed meaning something someone is born as or with such as race. Society assigns gender to each person and those children who are born with an ambiguous genitalia are often assigned a gender based on what doctors may think is easier to make‚ boy or girl. Why is it so wrong to leave these children as they are? Why must a gender be assigned to these children immediately? We are constantly “doing gender” even when
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Describe and discuss the social learning theory of gender development - 10 marks The social learning theory states that gender is effectively learned through others. It also states that there are no differences between males and females psychologically. This would lead to the fact that gender differences occur because of society and other factors such as culture and religion. Firstly‚ the social learning theory states that individuals learn or develop behaviours through attention and retention
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I believe that every individual is different in their own ways and personality. Especially human are differs in gender; men and women; boys and girls; females and males. Gender is one of the factors that affect achievement in their education achievement. The term gender refers to economic‚ social‚ political and cultural attributes and opportunities associated with being male and female. In most societies‚ men and women differ in activities they undertake‚ in access to and control of resources and
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Exhibit A: Genders are social constructs and you can be anywhere of the spectrum that you want. To examine this sentence‚ we need the exact definition of “construct”. According to dictionary‚ construct as a noun means “an idea or theory containing various conceptual elements‚ typically one considered to be subjective and not based on empirical evidence”. So‚ we’re talking about subjectivity. Something that has been built on the sole basis of “Common Sense” and doesn’t even have the same meaning in different
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