With Regard to Gender Development, Which of the Following Statements

question 30

Multiple Choice

With regard to gender development, which of the following statements best incorporates the social learning point of view?

• A) Gender-role identification arises primarily from psychological crises faced during a particular stage in childhood.
• B) People acquire schemas that guide their interpretations of what are and are not appropriate gender roles.
• C) Boys and girls are treated differently from the moment they are born.
• D) People observe and learn from role models as they follow what they see being rewarded.

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Definitions:

Socially Desirable Responding

The tendency of respondents to answer questions in a manner that will be viewed favorably by others, potentially skewing survey or research results.

Deception

The act of misleading or deceiving someone, often used in psychological research to maintain experimental integrity.

Extraneous Variable

Any variable that is not intentionally studied within an experiment which could affect the outcome and thus confound the results.

Confounding Variable

An extraneous variable in an experimental design that correlates with both the dependent and independent variables, potentially skewing results.