What is the main idea behind gender schema theory?
What will be an ideal response?
A schema is a cognitive structure, a network of associations that guides an individual's perceptions. Gender schema theory states that gender typing emerges as children and adolescents gradually develop gender schemas of what is gender-appropriate and gender inappropriate in their culture. A gender schema organizes the world in terms of male or female. Children and adolescents are internally motivated to perceive the world and to act in accordance with their developing schemas.
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a. sweet b. spicy c. sour d. salty
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a. fovea c. optic nerve b. optic chiasm d. rods and cones