After reviewing the different concepts and theories discussed in class, gender development was on area of study that connected with me. Gender development begins by explaining what develops when for children. This area of development starts with gender stereotypes and continues as a child get older with gender stability, gender constancy, flexible gender stereotypes, and adolescence. Another part of gender development is through Social Learning Theory. As discussed in lecture, Social Learning Theory is when kids learn different behaviors by imitating and watching other people and then being punished or rewarded for what they learned (Fritz 2017). Through each of these phases, children are slowly learning concepts about themselves and gaining
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This concept began developing after I observed my mother placing napkins on her lap whenever she went out to eat. After observing her do this more than once, I had decided to start doing it to. When she first saw, me place a napkin on my lap, she rewarded me with phrase because I was being lady like. This behavior continued because I knew it pleased her and I was being rewarded for it. Also, if I forgot to put a napkin on my lap my mom would say something, which felt like a punishment. This Socially Learned behavior was learned so well that I am still using it …show more content…
When analyzing the different temperaments, I can easily detect that I was more of the “easy” child in my family. One idea that makes me believe I was the “easy” child, is because I quickly adapt to new things and usually always have a positive mood. Throughout my life, my parents would always label me as the happy child and easy going. To this day my parents still talk about how easy and predictable I was as a baby. Whereas my sister was more of the “difficult” child. They would discuss how my sister would always cry and her reactions to everything was always intense. She also disliked any change to her schedule, when I find no trouble with change and just adapt to
This concept began developing after I observed my mother placing napkins on her lap whenever she went out to eat. After observing her do this more than once, I had decided to start doing it to. When she first saw, me place a napkin on my lap, she rewarded me with phrase because I was being lady like. This behavior continued because I knew it pleased her and I was being rewarded for it. Also, if I forgot to put a napkin on my lap my mom would say something, which felt like a punishment. This Socially Learned behavior was learned so well that I am still using it …show more content…
When analyzing the different temperaments, I can easily detect that I was more of the “easy” child in my family. One idea that makes me believe I was the “easy” child, is because I quickly adapt to new things and usually always have a positive mood. Throughout my life, my parents would always label me as the happy child and easy going. To this day my parents still talk about how easy and predictable I was as a baby. Whereas my sister was more of the “difficult” child. They would discuss how my sister would always cry and her reactions to everything was always intense. She also disliked any change to her schedule, when I find no trouble with change and just adapt to