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Gender Development

The document discusses Kohlberg's Cognitive-Developmental Theory of gender, highlighting the stages of gender identity, stability, and consistency in children. It emphasizes that children actively think about gender, with their understanding evolving from initial awareness at age 3 to a more stable concept by age 7. Activities are included to illustrate children's perceptions of gender through various scenarios.

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Gender Development

The document discusses Kohlberg's Cognitive-Developmental Theory of gender, highlighting the stages of gender identity, stability, and consistency in children. It emphasizes that children actively think about gender, with their understanding evolving from initial awareness at age 3 to a more stable concept by age 7. Activities are included to illustrate children's perceptions of gender through various scenarios.

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GENDER

DEVELOPMENT
5 PERSPECTIVES
Biological Psychoanalytic Social Learning

Evolutionary Cognitive
Kohlberg’s
Cognitive-
Developmental
Theory (1996)
Cognitive-Developmental Theory
Children are active
thinkers

Gender knowledge precedes


gendered behavior
Gender Constancy
the realization that a person's gender remains the same throughout life

Gender Identity (3 y.o)


Initial awareness of one’s own
gender and of others
Able: Label gender
Limitation: unstable, visual basis
Activity:
Through the Eyes of a Child

If I cut my hair, I
will become a boy

Boy or Girl?
Agree or Disagree?

Boy or Girl?
Activity:
Through the Eyes of a Child

If I cut my hair, I
will become a boy

Boy or Girl?
Agree or Disagree?

Boy or Girl?
Gender Constancy
the realization that a person's gender remains the same throughout life

Gender Identity (3 y.o)


Initial awareness of one’s own
gender and of others
Able: Label gender
Limitation: unstable, visual basis

Gender Stability (5 y.o.)


Understands that gender stays the
same over time
Able: temporal stability
Limitation: visual basis
Activity:
Through the Eyes of a Child

When I grow up, I


will be a mommy

Boy or Girl?
Agree or Disagree?

Boy or Girl?
Activity:
Through the Eyes of a Child

When I grow up, I


will be a mommy

Boy or Girl?
Agree or Disagree?

Boy or Girl?
Gender Constancy
the realization that a person's gender remains the same throughout life

Gender Identity (3 y.o)


Initial awareness of one’s own
gender and of others
Able: Label gender
Limitation: unstable, visual basis

Gender Stability (5 y.o.)


Understands that gender stays the
same over time
Able: temporal stability
Limitation: visual basis

Gender Consistency (7 y.o.)


Gender stays the same regardless
of appearance or situation
Able: temporal stability, less
dependent on external features
Activity:
Through the Eyes of a Child

Even if I cut my hair,


I’m still a girl.

Even if I’ll wear a


dress, I’m still a boy.

Boy or Girl?
Agree or Disagree?

Boy or Girl?
Current
Findings
Thank you
for
listening!

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