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Gender schema

Gender schema refers to a set of mental associations in which individuals are seen from the point of view of their gender, as opposed to other characteristics. It is a cognitive structure used to process information in terms of gender-relatedness; a mentalistic structure consisting of a set of expectations and associations that guide processing with respect to gender. Likewise, Gender schemas refer to cognitive structures that guide the processing of gender-relevant information. Gender schemas are cognitive mechanism that helps us to understand gender.

Gender scheme

Gender scheme is defined as a personal theory about cultural expectations and stereotypes related to gender.

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Gender script

Gender script brefers to a particular type of Gender schema that is a temporally organized event sequence related to gender.

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Gender segregation

Gender segregation is defined as children’s tendency to associate with same-sex playmates and to think of the other sex as an out-group

Gender stability

Gender stability refers to the stage of gender identity in which the child recognizes that gender is stable over time; an understanding in pre-school children that boys become men and girls become women Gender stability is also defined as the concept that one's sex is a permanent feature.

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Gender stereotypes

Gender stereotypes is defined as beliefs and images about males and females that are not necessarily true; widely shared beliefs about males' and females' abilities, personality traits, and social behavior.

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Gender systems

Gender systems refer to linguistic systems in which nouns belong to one of two (2) or more categories that take different forms of articles and grammatical morphemes.

Gender traits

Gender traits is defined as iInnate or biologically determined gender-specific behaviors.

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