Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik,Haig Kouyoumdjian

Exercise 21

Expectations of how we should think or behave because we are male or female are called (a) _____. One theory says that these roles develop because parents or caregivers expect, treat, and reward different kinds of behaviors depending on the child's sex; this is the (b) _____ theory. Another theory says that children learn rules for male or female behavior through active involvement with their environments; this is the (c) _____ theory.