GENDER AND

DEVELOPMENT
 Gender
 is one of the universal dimensions on which status differene are based.
THEORIES OF GENDER
DEVELOPMENT
 SOCIAL LEARNING
THEORY
 believes that parents, as distributors of reinforcement, reinforce appropriate gender
role behaviors.
COGNITIVE-DEVELOPMENTAL
THEORY
 explains gender development in conjunction with the cognitive development of
children as speculated. This is the Pre-Operational Theory, At this stage, children
can make mental representation.
 GENDER SCHEMA
THEORY
 is a blueprint for organizing information about the different social roles men and
women play, and information about what society expects of men and women.
 GENDER STEREOTYPING
 Is defined as the belief’s humans hold about the characteristics associated with males
and females.
 GENDER AND EQUALITY
 Gives women and men the same entitlements to all aspects of human development –
economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights.