New Contributions to the Study of the Sexual Rol: The Theory of Cognitive Schema of Sex.

Abstract

 

This article describes in te first place the principal postulates of the theories which analize the processes through which male and female children acquire information concerning the behaviour and attributes assigned by culture to males and females. It goes on to exposing the Theory of the Cognitive Scheme of Sex, showing empirically that individuals differ in the intensity and centrality of their scheme concerning sex and consequently in the degree in which they are sexually defined in their behaviour, attitudes, attributes and readiness to process information about themselves and externa1 circumstances in terms of gender. Finally, the evolution of the theory is described, as well as the innovation and enrichment in the study of the sexual role, because of its connection with the study of memory and categorical analysis.