How do parents influence gender development in children?
What will be an ideal response?
Parents, by action and by example, influence their children's gender development. Both mothers and fathers are psychologically important to their children's gender development, and cultures around the world tend to give mothers and fathers different roles in this process.Mothers' socialization strategies: In many cultures mothers socialize their daughters to be more obedient and responsible than their sons. They also place more restrictions on daughters' autonomy.
Fathers' socialization strategies: Fathers show more attention to sons than to daughters, engage in more activities with sons, and put forth more effort to promote sons' intellectual development.
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a. Psychoanalysts b. Humanistic psychologists c. Behaviorists d. Structuralists
The minimum length of time between action potentials is determined by
a. transduction capacity. b. transduction incapacity. c. the absolute refractory period. d. the relative threshold period.
A cultural variable that may explain the differences in the percentages of men and women reporting depression is:
A. educational opportunities B. fear of failure C. gender roles D. the use of sexist language
What best describes the labia majora?
a. The collective term for the female external genitalia b. Two small glands that secrete oils for lubrication c. Two folds of fatty tissue that extend from the mons veneris to the perineum d. Homologous structures to the male penis