What are gender roles? How are gender and sex different? Summarize any two of the three theoretical approaches to the development of gender roles in children

What will be an ideal response?


* A gender role refers to what are deemed appropriate behaviors for males and females in a given culture.
* Sex is based on biological differences in anatomy, hormones, and genetic composition.
* Gender refers to the social and psychological phenomena of being masculine or feminine in a given culture.
* Observational learning theory states children learn gender roles from their parents via rewards and punishments.
* Cognitive developmental theory describes how the concepts of gender identity and gender permanence shape a child's thinking, which in turn influence gender role performance.
* Gender-schema theory suggests children form schemas of masculine and feminine attributes, which influence memory, perception, and behavior.

Psychology

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