Kimberly watches her mother vacuum the house and asks for a toy vacuum so that she can also clean the house. According to the social learning theory, Kimberly is learning gender roles through ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


IMITATION

Sociology

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

Childrearing conflicts arise over

A) discipline styles. B) schedules. C) childrearing philosophies. D) All of the above

Sociology

A mother getting up in the middle of the night to breast-feed her infant is showing the:

a. financial role of parenting b. emotional resource role of parenting c. protector role of parenting d. care-giving role of parenting

Sociology

Which of the following statements best summarizes the utility of sociological theories?

a. Social theories, while interesting, have very little predictive power. b. Sociological theories are unlike theories from other disciplines such as economics because sociological theories often present competing interpretations of events. c. There is no single sociological theory that can explain all the complexities of human social life and social change. d. Sociological theories are rarely used once data have been collected.

Sociology