Gender-role development is defined as "the process whereby children come to acquire the behaviors, attitudes, interests, emotional reactions, and motives that are culturally defined as appropriate for members of their sex" (Perry & Bussey, 1984, p. 26
What is the main implication of this definition with regards to gender?
What will be an ideal response?
Implicit to this definition is the notion that we are not born with gendered-behaviors, attitudes, interests, etc.; rather, we take them on through the daily stream of incoming information from our environment. Such is the nature of learning theory-traits and behaviors are not inborn, we learn them.
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Conservative countermovements of the 1980s blamed the women’s movements of the 1960s and 1970s for ______.
A. increases in divorce rates B. the weakening of families C. the unhappiness of women D. all of these
Interior residential density refers to the number of individuals per room in a dwelling.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
According to the National Organization of Disabilities, almost _____ Americans aged 5 or older live with disabilities that interfere with the completion of at least one major life task
a. 5 million b. 10 million c. 25 million d. 54 million