AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Kohlberg outlined three developmental stages that children achieve in order to have gender constancy. The first stage, gender identity, is children’s basic awareness that they are either boys or girls. The second stage, gender stability, refers to the recognition that gender identity does not change over time.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Kohlberg’s cognitive developmental theory of gender is divided into three stages, the first being gender identity, the second being gender stability, and the third gender constancy. Each stage represents a different level of understanding that a child goes through during development.

Detailed explanation-4: -Stage 1 is known as gender identity, by the age of 2-3.5. children can correctly identify themselves as boy or girl when asked. However, they don’t understand this is permanent. Stage 2 is known as gender stability, at about age 4-5, the child knows that they are a boy or a girl and that their sex will no change.