Topic > Characteristics of Steve Harvey's Life Theory

Social and cognitive psychologists focus on the effects of society and how our thoughts about gender have on role development. Social psychologists examine how we react differently to boys and girls. For example, as Steve Harvey describes at the beginning of his introduction how all boys are taught from a young age to provide, protect and profess. Therefore, be aggressive with what is theirs. Cognitive psychologists focus on the internal interpretations we make about the gender message we receive from our environment. Gender schema theory explains that we internalize messages about gender information into cognitive rules about how each gender should behave. Like how Steve Harvey insists that women have to behave a certain way for men and how more is expected from women while nothing can be expected from men because "a man does what he does because you (as a woman) you allow him to do it." It." Women are "forced" to get married, have children and then waste most of their lives raising those children and following her man's every wish. Some women are also "forced" to quit their jobs because men they want them as housewives, and men see themselves as the providers and want to feel needed, so they try to take charge of every little thing However, life does not have to categorize any gender scheme We as men and women should be in able to do it