Gender Roles
The role of gender is a fundamental issue due to the fact that important aspects of people’s lives, such as their capabilities, perceptions, social interactions, and occupational pursuits are based highly upon the guidelines established by societal gender-typing. Gender development is one of the primary basis’s upon which people establish different expectations for the effects on their daily lives. “Gender roles, need for achievement, and moral judgment are among the major arenas of social behavioral differences studied by cross-cultural psychologists and anthropologists. While gender identities tend to be relatively stable through a wide variety of cultures, there are cultural differences that are strong enough to show that these identities
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Attendance is mandatory to sixth grade, although many children, particularly girls, drop out before then” (Dominican, 2012). This will result in a differing development in the children of this culture and it will deny them many of the developmental opportunities that education and public interaction has to offer. “Evaluative self-descriptions result from school-age children’s frequent social comparisons, or judgments of their appearance, abilities, and behavior in relation to those of others” (Berk, 2010, pg. 330). Given the extensive family interdependency it is likely, especially for females, for them to fall back on that support structure and progress from within the family by getting married and having their own children. According to Berk (2010), gender-stereotyped expectations also affect self-esteem and when each culture is compared to the retrospective expectation, females may exceed boys in matters of self-esteem but be …show more content…
According to Berk (2010), collectivist societies define themselves as part of a group and stress group goals over individual ones. This form of society creates an interdependent population that emphasizes social harmony, obligations, and responsibilities to others (pg. 67). “Formal etiquette is central to Turkish culture, governing most social interactions and the use of space. Turkish culture has an exact verbal formula for practically every occasion” (Turkey, 2012). The cross cultural differences between Turkey, the Dominican Republic, or even our own culture are both minimal in some cases and vast in others. Gender plays a serious role in the expectations set forth by any culture and therefore directly affects the developing child.
References
Berk, L. E. (2010). Development through the lifespan. Boston, MA: Pearson Education
Inc.
Berscheid, E. (1993). Forward. In A. E. Beall & R. J. Sternberg (Eds.), The psychology of gender (viixvii). New York: Guilford Press
Chatham, M. L. (2004) Child development across cultures. Encyclopedia of Applied
Developmental Science. Retrieved from the Walden Library using SAGE Reference Online: http://www.sageereference.com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/applieddevscience/Article_n90.html entrepreneurs.
Denmark, F., & Paludi, M. (2008). Psychology of Women : Handbook of Issues
Attendance is mandatory to sixth grade, although many children, particularly girls, drop out before then” (Dominican, 2012). This will result in a differing development in the children of this culture and it will deny them many of the developmental opportunities that education and public interaction has to offer. “Evaluative self-descriptions result from school-age children’s frequent social comparisons, or judgments of their appearance, abilities, and behavior in relation to those of others” (Berk, 2010, pg. 330). Given the extensive family interdependency it is likely, especially for females, for them to fall back on that support structure and progress from within the family by getting married and having their own children. According to Berk (2010), gender-stereotyped expectations also affect self-esteem and when each culture is compared to the retrospective expectation, females may exceed boys in matters of self-esteem but be …show more content…
According to Berk (2010), collectivist societies define themselves as part of a group and stress group goals over individual ones. This form of society creates an interdependent population that emphasizes social harmony, obligations, and responsibilities to others (pg. 67). “Formal etiquette is central to Turkish culture, governing most social interactions and the use of space. Turkish culture has an exact verbal formula for practically every occasion” (Turkey, 2012). The cross cultural differences between Turkey, the Dominican Republic, or even our own culture are both minimal in some cases and vast in others. Gender plays a serious role in the expectations set forth by any culture and therefore directly affects the developing child.
References
Berk, L. E. (2010). Development through the lifespan. Boston, MA: Pearson Education
Inc.
Berscheid, E. (1993). Forward. In A. E. Beall & R. J. Sternberg (Eds.), The psychology of gender (viixvii). New York: Guilford Press
Chatham, M. L. (2004) Child development across cultures. Encyclopedia of Applied
Developmental Science. Retrieved from the Walden Library using SAGE Reference Online: http://www.sageereference.com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/applieddevscience/Article_n90.html entrepreneurs.
Denmark, F., & Paludi, M. (2008). Psychology of Women : Handbook of Issues