Does gender role socialization mediate sex differences in mental rotations?

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1101-1111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah M. Saucier ◽  
Donald R. McCreary ◽  
Juliana K.J. Saxberg
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Gender Role Socialization ◽  
Role Socialization ◽  
Mental Rotations

The Effects of Feminist Scholarship on Developmental Psychology

1991 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Nagy Jacklin ◽  
Catherine McBride-Chang
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Social World ◽  
Feminist Scholarship ◽  
Gender Role Socialization ◽  
Role Socialization ◽  
Children's Behavior ◽  
Mother Blaming

The present article examines some of the ways in which feminist scholarship has helped shape developmental psychology, particularly the study of child development. Three main influences are discussed. (a) Feminist scholars have helped break the “male-as-norm” tradition. Toward this end, feminists have encouraged the valuing of females, the recognition that fewer sex differences exist than had previously been asserted by society at large, and the understanding that many sex differences that do exist are caused by the different socialization patterns of girls and boys. (b) Feminist scholarship has helped lessen “mother blaming” in accounting for children's behavior. The entire social world of the child (including fathers, peers, siblings, schools, grandparents, daycare, etc.) and biological makeup and predispositions are now all recognized as important influences on children's behavior. Finally, (c) feminist scholars have helped reconceptualize children's gender-role socialization. This has been done both by reinterpreting existing theories of gender-role socialization and by developing new theories.

Developing a Gender Role Socialization Scale

2012 ◽  
pp. 189-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Toner ◽  
Taryn Tang ◽  
Alisha Ali ◽  
Donna Akman ◽  
Noreen Stuckless ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Gender Role Socialization ◽  
Role Socialization

Impact of mothers' life style on adolescent gender-role socialization

Sex Roles ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol O. Klecka ◽  
Dana V. Hiller
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Life Style ◽  
Gender Role Socialization ◽  
Role Socialization

Gender Roles and Women's Achievement-Related Decisions

1987 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Task Demands ◽  
Task Value ◽  
Gender Role Socialization ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
Role Socialization ◽  
Subjective Task Value ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
Occupational Career

Occupational sex segregation continues to exist and the occupational career paths of women and men continue to differ. This article proposes a model to explain these persistent, gender-role linked trends, summarizes evidence to support the proposed mediating psychological mechanisms, and discusses the social experiences that shape gender differences on these mediators. In addition, the article reviews the economic and psychological costs often associated with the traditional female choices and proposes interventions aimed at achieving a more gender—fair social system that does not devalue traditionally female domains. The proposed model links occupational choices to expectations for success and subjective task value, which, in turn, are linked to gender-role socialization, self schemas, and anticipated role and task demands. The importance of subjective task value is stressed, as is the need to study women's achievement-related choices from the women's perspective.

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