AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -By age three or four, children acquire gender stability, in which they understand that their gender is stable over time.

Detailed explanation-2: -This is the second stage in Kohlberg’s cognitive explanation of gender development. It occurs at around 4 years old and continues until a child is approximately 7. In this stage, children recognise that gender is consistent over time, and that boys grow into men, and girls grow into women.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gender identity typically develops in stages: Around age two: Children become conscious of the physical differences between boys and girls. Before their third birthday: Most children can easily label themselves as either a boy or a girl. By age four: Most children have a stable sense of their gender identity.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most children between ages 18 and 24 months can recognize and label gender groups. They may identify others as girls, women or feminine. Or they may label others as boys, men or masculine. Most also label their own gender by the time they reach age 3.

Detailed explanation-5: -Kohlberg’s Theory of Gender Development A gender schema model proposes that children develop their gender identity through internal motivation to conform to what society expects based on their biological sex.