A-level Psychology: Gender Schema Theory MCQ 2

Children develop schema when the achieve _____.

• Gender identity
• Gender stability
• Gender constancy

Gender schema theory predicts that children search for gender-appropriate information _______.

• earlier than Kohlberg suggested
• later than Kohlberg suggested
• at the same time Kohlberg suggested

According to gender schema theory gender identity occurs between the ages of _______.

• 2 and 3
• 3 and 4
• 4 and 5

Children best remember the gender behaviour of their _______.

• in-group
• out-group
• peer group
• friendship group

Gender-appropriate schema _______.

• expand over time
• reduce over time
• rarely change over time

Who conducted research that found children under the age of 6 years were better at remembering gender-consistent photographs?

• Martin & Halverson (1983)
• Martin & Little (1990)
• Kane & Sanchez (1994)

A strength of gender schema theory is ______.

• it highlights a clear link between schema and behaviour
• it incorporates social factors
• it explains children's rigid gender beliefs

Gender schema theory suggests children have developed detailed schema for both genders by age ____.

• 7
• 8
• 9

The view that GST complements Kohlberg's theory is criticised by Stangor & Ruble's (1989) as each relies on different processes, i.e. ______.

• GST = organisation of information in memory, Constancy achieved through motivation
• GST = amount of information in memory, Constancy achieved through imitation
• GST = organisation of memory, Constancy achieved through learning

GST is criticised as it places too much emphasis on the ________.

• role of the individual
• parental influence
• societal norms