Describe categorical self development. How does it relate to gender typing?
What will be an ideal response?
By the end of the second year, language becomes a powerful tool in self-development. Between 18 and 30 months, children develop a categorical self as they classify themselves and others on the basis of age ("baby," "boy," or "man"), sex ("boy" or "girl"), physical characteristics ("big," "strong"), and even goodness versus badness ("I a good girl." "Tommy mean!") and competencies ("Did it!" "I can't"). Toddlers use their limited understanding of these social categories to organize their own behavior. As early as 17 months, they select and play in a more involved way with toys that are stereotyped for their own gender—dolls and tea sets for girls, trucks and cars for boys. Their ability to label their own gender predicts a sharp rise in these play preferences over the next few months. Then parents encourage gender-typed behavior by responding more positively when toddlers display it. Gender typing increases dramatically in early childhood.
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a. sampling bias. b. experimenter bias. c. socially desirable responding. d. the placebo effect.
No normative data is available for the
a. Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale. b. Gesell Developmental Schedules. c. Bayley Scales of Infant Development II. d. Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale.
People who receive extremely low scores on IQ tests almost always perform better the second time around. This pattern can be attributed to ________________
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Some of the earliest psychologists to take up the challenge of studying learning were of the __________ school of thought, which suggested that we can only study that which can be seen and observed
a. behavioral b. nomothetic c. ideographic d. empirical