Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- The relative similarities and differences among cultures and between genders.
- That culture and gender influence behavior and mental processes in a variety of ways.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Cite specific research-based evidence to support analysis of theories regarding culture and gender and their influence on behavior and mental processes.
- Summarize complex theories regarding culture and gender into simpler, yet still accurate, terms.
- Integrate research and information to address a key issue related to culture and/or gender and its influence on behavior and mental processes.
- Synthesize research and evidence from multiple sources to provide a coherent understanding of key issues related to culture and gender and their influences on behavior and mental processes.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- There are ways in which culture and gender influence behavior.
- There are differences between genders and among cultures.
- There are ways in which gender is both inherent and environmentally influenced.
- There are specific ways in which gender roles can be assigned in different cultures.
Vocabulary
- culture
- norms
- individualism
- collectivism
- interdependent
- gender role
- gender identity
- gender schema theory
