1. Overview
 Gender Research
 Stereotypes, roles and identity
 Moral Development Research
 Moral reasoning
 Moral development
 Lawrence Kohlberg

2. Gender research
 Gender stereotypes:
“widely held beliefs about
characteristics deemed
appropriate for males and
females”
 Gender roles: “are the
reflection of these
stereotypes in everyday
behaviour”
 Gender identity: “is a
private face of gender. It
refers to perception of the
self as relatively masculine
or feminine in
characteristics”.
 Gender typing: “is a broadly
applied term which refers to
any association of objects,
activities, roles, or traits with
biological sex in ways that
conform to cultural
stereotypes of gender
(involving biological, cognitive
and social factors)

3. The history of gender research
Biological Differences
Social Differences
Cognitive Difference

4. Biological Differences
 Biological differences: its all in the
chromosomes
 Male = XY chromosomes
 Female: XX chromosomes
 Other obvious physical differences:
 Height
 Wider chests and more hair (male)
 Wider pelvis and higher fat to muscle ratio
(female)