Question

Jimmy, a six-year-old, is watching his parents fight. he observes his father shouting while his mother sits quietly, crying. which theory of gender development is most likely to predict that jimmy will imitate his father in his interactions with women?

Answer 1

The social learning theory. According to it, Jimmy is faced with a situation of two of his closest relatives fighting, but he will necessarily identify with his father, based on their gender. When Jimmy grows up, it is very likely that he will imitate his father, as his role model. Jimmy sees that a man is aggressive, whereas a woman is submissive. That is how he will understand the world. That is how he will participate in that world when he comes of age.