Author Question: Chapter 3 discussed the cognitive developmental approach to explain children's acquisition of gender ... (Read 29 times)

s.tung · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Chapter 3 discussed the cognitive developmental approach to explain children's acquisition of gender typing. One example of this approach is that

a. parents are likely to praise boysrather than girlsfor their athletic performance.
b. children tend to develop schemas, which organize their thoughts about females and males.
c. children watch peers, and they are more likely to imitate children of the same gender, rather than children of the other gender.
d. sex hormones and other biological factors are especially important in shaping children's gender typing.

Question 2

According to the discussion of gender schemas,

a. children organize information and attitudes about gender, based on their culture.
b. the school system is the primary source for children's information about gender.
c. gender schemas are learned through rewards and punishments.
d. androgynous children develop gender schemas, but children with strong gender typing do not.