Individuals identify as either a girl or boy/woman or man, and to be able to act in gender appropriate ways. This essay will be looking at two of the four models of acquisition , socialisation and elicitation. This essay will also be exploring the theories of gender and how gender identity can be a result of external influences.
The definition of gender is the identification of an individual as either being male or female. The identification is to be considered a result of external influences such as experience and expression of oneself, thus how one 's sex doesn 't necessarily determine one 's gender. Gender roles is a form of manifestation within society by observable factors such as behaviour and appearance an outward expression of a …show more content…
A way in which this concept is carried out is by reinforcing certain behaviour towards a specific gender.This model is powerful as it reinforces a child 's gender roles according to the expectations of society. How a child has already identified his or hers gender and now are observing others in order to understand how to act in appropriate ways.(Mooney & Kiguwa. 2009). A way in which this could be understood is by if a child identifies themselves as a male would start to look for a role model that identifies in the same way. The child then would start observing and imitating everything that their role model does, by trying to adopt a similar behaviour. By the child doing this they want to adopt the gender-specific behaviour, they then make this behaviour become their own habit that essentially solidifies their …show more content…
Social learning theory emphasises on the importance of environmental determinate of gender development and suggestion that behaviour precedes cognition. The concept of modelling and observational learning assists in shaping an individual by direct positive and negative reinforcement.This model is powerful as one can essentially control the gender of a child, by controlling their external influences. A child can be born female but can identify their gender as being male. The way in which this could occur is by parents reinforcing certain behaviour that would usually be associated with a specific gender, such as enforcing the child to be strong or athletic. By doing this the child would adopt behaviour that would be generally considered to be male stereotyped by societies standards.The child then would relate more their gender identity as being male,due to their experience and expressions related to their environmental exposure (Mooney & Kiguwa.
The definition of gender is the identification of an individual as either being male or female. The identification is to be considered a result of external influences such as experience and expression of oneself, thus how one 's sex doesn 't necessarily determine one 's gender. Gender roles is a form of manifestation within society by observable factors such as behaviour and appearance an outward expression of a …show more content…
A way in which this concept is carried out is by reinforcing certain behaviour towards a specific gender.This model is powerful as it reinforces a child 's gender roles according to the expectations of society. How a child has already identified his or hers gender and now are observing others in order to understand how to act in appropriate ways.(Mooney & Kiguwa. 2009). A way in which this could be understood is by if a child identifies themselves as a male would start to look for a role model that identifies in the same way. The child then would start observing and imitating everything that their role model does, by trying to adopt a similar behaviour. By the child doing this they want to adopt the gender-specific behaviour, they then make this behaviour become their own habit that essentially solidifies their …show more content…
Social learning theory emphasises on the importance of environmental determinate of gender development and suggestion that behaviour precedes cognition. The concept of modelling and observational learning assists in shaping an individual by direct positive and negative reinforcement.This model is powerful as one can essentially control the gender of a child, by controlling their external influences. A child can be born female but can identify their gender as being male. The way in which this could occur is by parents reinforcing certain behaviour that would usually be associated with a specific gender, such as enforcing the child to be strong or athletic. By doing this the child would adopt behaviour that would be generally considered to be male stereotyped by societies standards.The child then would relate more their gender identity as being male,due to their experience and expressions related to their environmental exposure (Mooney & Kiguwa.