Johnson, the shy star quarterback of the junior high football team, is asking advice from his teammates on how to ask a girl in his Robotics Club on a date. Looking stunned, his teammates mockingly warn him, “Dude, jocks don’t go out with geeks!

Jocks only go out with the pretty cheerleaders!” The response of Johnson’s teammates illustrates __________.

a) gender self-socialization theory
b) social identity theory
c) gender schema theory
d) social group theory


Answer: b

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