While parents in Western cultures encourage emotion oriented behaviors in their daughters, they encourage their sons to engage in <em>goal-directed. .</em>behaviors.
Explanation:
An instrumental behavior can be described as a behavior which is goal-oriented. The parents in the Western culture encouraged their boys to have an instrumental or goal-oriented behavior. They were taught to remain focused, to suppress their emotions and to be hard.
On the other hand, the females were taught to be more emotional oriented and have a more expressive behavior. They expressed their feelings by emotions.
