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• Identification is when the person possesses the characteristics and attributes that they see as rewarding. These tend to be from significant others.
• Vicarious reinforcement is when a child observes to behaviour of others and learn the consequence of behaviour this is linked to observational learning.
• Bandura, states people are not just shaped by environmental but also self direct their behaviour called environmental determinism.
• Environmental determinism

  • So once children have internalised behaviours, they make decisions about their own gender behaviours free from the need to be reinforced or punished externally.
• Direct tuition is landing through explicit instructions about appropriate gender behaviour through telling and showing.
• Direct tuition occurs when a child acquires linguistic skills and serves to inform children about how they should behave. It is through differential reinforcement that a child acquires gender identity.