Human Growth and Development

Key Influences on Gender Socialization:

Culture and Media Online content and social media shape adolescents' views of gender roles. Media often reinforces stereotypical portrayals of success, beauty, and masculinity/femininity. Parents Parents model behaviors, showing how housework, stress, and affection are handled. Gendered expectations in parenting affect how children view their own roles. Teachers Teachers may unintentionally reinforce gender roles through classroom interactions and expectations. The way teachers praise, discipline, or assign tasks can shape a child's perception of gender-appropriate behavior.

Kohlberg's theory of gender development suggests that children progress through three stages in understanding gender:

Social Information Processing The Social Information Processing model describes how individuals process and respond to social cues in their environment. It involves a series of six steps:

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