Describe the development of gender constancy

What will be an ideal response?

According to Lawrence Kohlberg, children move through three stages of gender constancy:
1. Gender labeling. By the early preschool years, children can label their own sex and that of others correctly. But when asked such questions as "When you [a girl] grow up, could you ever be a daddy?" or "Could you be a boy if you wanted to?" young children freely answer yes. And when shown a doll whose hairstyle and clothing are transformed before their eyes, children indicate that the doll's sex has changed.
2. Gender stability. Slightly older preschoolers have a partial understanding of the permanence of sex, in that they grasp its stability over time. But even though they know that male and female babies will eventually become boys and girls, and then men and women, they continue to insist that changing hairstyle, clothing, or "gender-appropriate" activities will also change a person's sex.
3. Gender consistency. During the late preschool and early school years, children understand that sex is biologically based and remains the same even if a person dresses in "cross-gender" clothes or engages in nontraditional activities.

Psychology

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