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  2. Gender schema theory - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, Bem suggests teaching alternative schemata to children so that they are less likely to build and maintain a gender schema. [5] Some examples include an individual differences schema, where children learn to process information on a person-by-person basis rather than make wide assumptions about groups based on information from ...

  3. Gender script - Wikipedia

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    A gender script is a concept in feminist studies that refers to structures or paths created by societal norms that one is supposed to follow based on the gender assigned to them at birth. The American Psychological Association defines gender script as "a temporally organized, gender-related sequence of events". [ 1 ]

  4. Script theory - Wikipedia

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    A schema is a script that has the potential to lack the specificity of the sequence of events. A schema being a script is when there is an ordering to it that requires action, an example of that being the process of starting up a car (get in, put on your seatbelt, turn the car on, turn off the emergency brake, etc.).

  5. Behold, an A-Z List of Gender Identity Terms

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    These are medical terms to help us educate and talk about bodies, but remember, someone's sex assigned at birth may not match their gender identity, so don't refer to a person by any of these ...

  6. Schema (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    "Schema" comes from the Greek word schēmat or schēma, meaning "figure". [7]Prior to its use in psychology, the term "schema" had primarily seen use in philosophy.For instance, "schemata" (especially "transcendental schemata") are crucial to the architectonic system devised by Immanuel Kant in his Critique of Pure Reason.

  7. Gender typing - Wikipedia

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    A schema is a cognitively organized network of associations that is readily available to help guide an individual's perception. Gender schema theory acts as a guide or standard for consistent behavior in a given scenario. Labels such as “girls are weak and boys are strong,” classifies what stereotypically acceptable actions for the gender ...

  8. Sex assignment - Wikipedia

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    Sex assignment (also known as gender assignment [1] [2]) is the discernment of an infant's sex, typically made at birth based on an examination of the baby's external genitalia by a healthcare provider such as a midwife, nurse, or physician. [3]

  9. Sexual script theory - Wikipedia

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    This is an important term for sexual scripts because these scripts can be exposed to children at a young age due to exposure to media and social norms. [7] In other words, women are to be subjected to male gaze to be a part of the social construction system and maintain the social norms of a long-living society. [ 7 ]