Which of the following people provides the best summary of theories about gender development?
a. Heather: According to social learning theory, young children only develop concepts about gender if they are raised in highly gender-stereotyped homes..
b. Jason: Research has shown that rewards, punishments, and modeling are by far the most important factors in gender development..
c. Uma: Freud's psychoanalytic theory currently provides the best explanation of gender development..
d. Samant: Both social learning theory and cognitive developmental theory are necessary in order to explain gender development..
Question 2
According to cognitive developmental theory, gender identity refers to children's
a. recognition that boys have a penis and girls don't.
b. knowledge that their gender does not change as they grow older.
c. realization of whether they are a boy or girl.
d. preference for gender-appropriate activities.
Theiler Staging Criteria for Mouse Embryo Development
Stem cells in mammalian development
Gender Schema Theory
Summary of Bonds and their Properties
T Cells: Development of Self-Recognition and Self-Tolerance
Human embryo at successive stages of development (not to scale).