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HIDUUSILDOURCE... Wernicke-Korsakoff... culty & Staff - Policies & Resources - Help Bianca Dean According to behaviorism, as children are growing up Select one a. boys are more actively discouraged from engaging in behaviors that are considered feminine than girls are discouraged from engaging in ones that are considered masculine. b. they need to understand that gender is a stable and permanent individual characteristic before they can adopt a gender identity. C. parents, other adults, peers and even the media must portray a consistent pattern of gender-typed models of behavior or children become confused about their gender identity. d. fathers, but not mothers, encourage both their sons and daughters to engage in a number of behavior and activities that are associated with the opposite gender US 0 9 :00

Answer 1

Right answer- a) Boys are more actively discouraged from engaging in behaviors that are considered feminine than girls are discouraged from engaging in ones considered masculine.

Explanation- According to the behaviorism concept of gender development, the behaviors of an individual is based on their genders and there are some traits that we consider as the masculine traits or feminine traits Such as Competitiveness, Hostility, hard working these are considered the masculine traits. According to this approach as a child grows up, a boy child is always more enthusiastically discouraged to produce any activities that we considered as the feminine traits in our society.