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 boys—rather than girls—for 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.

B

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