The tendency of children to develop a mental pattern for being male or female in much the same way they develop other concepts, such as "dog,""bird," and "big," can BEST be explained by __________.

A. Freudian psychoanalysis
B. Piaget's theory of development
C. gender schema theory
D. social learning theory


Answer: C

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