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• (SLT) proposes that behaviour, including gender-related behaviour, is acquired through observation within the social context. It emphasises the role of the environment, encompassing influential figures like parents, peers, and media, in shaping gender development. Differential reinforcement, where gender-appropriate behaviour is rewarded, aids in the formation of gender identity. Direct reinforcement, through praise or encouragement, and indirect reinforcement, by observing others' favourable outcomes, both contribute to behaviour repetition or avoidance based on consequences.
• Identification involves attachin to individls as role models (rms), of same gender, within immediate/media environments. Modelling, shown by rms n imitated by observers, solidifies learned behaviours. Mediational processes, incl, attention, retention, motivation, n motor reproduction, facilitate the acquisition n replication of gender behaviours. e.g, a boy may emulate his fav athlete, attentively observing, remembering, desiring to imitate, n physically reproducing their actions. so, SLT => the intricate interplay bwn observ, reinforcement, identifi, n cogn processes in gender development.