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1 Gender Typing Gender typing projects societies expectations regarding people's behavior based upon their biological sex.

2 Theories for Explaining Gender Typing 1. genetics – genes that determine sex also determine behavior

3 Theories for Explaining Gender Typing 2. hormones – hormonal differences between males and females cause different patterns of development leading to different behaviours

4 Theories for Explaining Gender Typing Psychoanalytic Theory – boys and girls learn gender roles from their same sex parent

5 Theories for Explaining Gender Typing Social-Learning Theory – gender differences are modeled by parents and reinforced by positive and negative reactions

6 Theories for Explaining Gender Typing Gender-Schema Theory – children form gender-based self-conceptions, which guide their behaviour

7 Rank TheoryRank Based on Plausibility

8 Theories 1. genetics 2. hormones 3. psychoanalytic 4. social-learning 5. gender-schema

9 Stay At Home Dads and Gender Typing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=- C3qNVXdnRw&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=- C3qNVXdnRw&feature=related

10 Questions What are your thoughts on stay at home dads? Do you think there is a negative stigma for stay at home dads? Discuss Is it fair?

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