At an Early Age, Children Pick Up Gender-Stereotyped Preferences and Behaviors

question 24

Multiple Choice

At an early age, children pick up gender-stereotyped preferences and behaviors from others and organize these experiences into __________ that they use to interpret their world.

• A) gender-appropriate beliefs
• B) gender schemas
• C) gender intensification
• D) gender-typical beliefs

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Definitions:

Electrons

Negatively charged subatomic particles that orbit the nucleus of an atom, involved in chemical bonds and electricity.

Transferred

Moved or shifted from one place, person, or thing to another.

Proton

Positively charged particle in the nuclei of atoms.

Electric Charge

A physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field.