Androgynous girls have ___ than expressive girls and are more likely to express their thoughts and feelings publicly (Harter, Waters, & Whitesell, 1998).

Many researchers (e.g., Eagly, 1995) believe gender is ____. They argue that adults often group children by gender unnecessarily.

Children can certainly learn less stereotyped views of gender, at least in the short run.

____ like the ones just described show that more balanced attitudes and behaviours are possible (Gash & Morgan, 1993).

But accomplishing change over the long term in a natural setting may be more complicated, based on some results of the _____

The children studied in the Family Lifestyles Project had few stereotypes about ____

They also had fewer stereotyped attitudes about the use of ____

Nevertheless, children in these families tended to have ___, and they liked gender-stereotyped activities

Some argue that the cultural changes of the past few decades cannot erase hundreds of thousands of years of ___

Social learning theorists, however, would point out that learning can change behaviour.

Since children learn gender roles from those around them, parents should be sure that they themselves are not ____

Parents should not base decisions about children's toys, activities, and chores on the ____

Forces outside the home, such as media and teachers, often work against parents who want their children to go beyond traditional gender roles.

It is neither feasible nor wise to shelter children from these influences, but parents can encourage them to ____ about others' gender-based decisions.

A) higher self-esteem
B) socially constructed
C) Interventions
D) gender stereotypes