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• children are more likely to be reinforced for demonstrating behaviour that is stereotypically gender appropriate
• the way in which boys and girls are encouraged to show distinct gender appropriate behaviour is called differential reinforcement
• it is through differential reinforcement that a child learns their gender identity
• if the consequences of another person’s behaviour are favourable that behaviour is more likely to be imitated by a child
• identification refers to the process where a child attached themselves to a person who is like them or who they want to be like
• role models may be part of the child’s immediate environment or present within the media
• role models tend to be attractive high status and usually the same gender
• modelling is the precise demonstration of a behaviour that may be imitated by an observer
• a mother may model stereotypically feminine behaviour when tidying the house
• when a little girl copies her mother she is modelling the behaviour she has witnessed