When Children Play Alone, Gender Differences in Behavior Are Minimal

question 26

Multiple Choice

When children play alone, gender differences in behavior are minimal. When in their same-gender group, gender differences are large and striking. From this finding, we can infer that ______.

• A) there is less pressure to conform to gender role norms in same-gender groups
• B) peers are the most important gender socializing influence in childhood
• C) gender differences in behavior are emphasized regardless of the environment
• D) context is important in shaping gender differences in behavior

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Definitions:

Backward Conditioning

A conditioning process where a conditioned stimulus (CS) is presented after an unconditioned stimulus (US), which is less common and tends to be less effective than other conditioning methods.

Unconditioned Stimulus

An unconditionally effective stimulus that naturally triggers a response without the need for prior learning.

Social Learning Theorists

Experts who study and explain how people learn behaviors, attitudes, and expectations through their interactions and observations in a social context.

Vicarious Learning

Learning that occurs by observing the behaviors of others and the outcomes of those behaviors, without experiencing them directly.