We are moving on this week with 2 cognitive explanations of gender develop – Kohlberg’s  stage theory – remember him from his theory of moral development?  Also Gender Schema Theory. It would be a good idea to revise your knowledge of schema from the first year cognitive approach (memory) topic.

 

This is a great starting point >>  https://www.simplypsychology.org/a-level-gender.html

I also intend to look at the Psychodynamic Theory of Gender development too. As there is a lot to cover this week I suggest you read ahead to ensure you can keep pace 🙂

Lesson 1 – recap and checking activities from PHG pack – see first couple of slides of the power point which I sent you 20/3/19.

We will start Kohlberg’s cognitive explanation tomorrow

Lessons 2-4 –  We examined Kohlberg’s gender consistency theory and we then started to evaluate it. See power point I sent you.

We then went on to look at the Schema Theory of Gender Development.  I have sent an updated power point in an email.

Lessons 5-6 – Evaluating the Cognitive Theories and looking at exam questions and how best to answer them.  We compared 3 student answers and looked at how the examiners marked each one.

Prep:

Read the worksheet I gave you about Little Hans. You should also read the psychodynamic explanation of gender development in your PHG digital text book.

As always, try to read ahead as much as you can. I’d like to try and finish this topic next week if I can.

I have set an essay due next Wednesday

Outline and evaluate Kohlberg’s theory of gender development. As part of your evaluation, refer to another explanation of gender development (16 marks).