Question

Olivia is a fashion designer. Olivia believes that her gender behavior is determined by the rewards she has seen women in her profession obtain for their consistent performance. She believes that by mimicking their behaviors she will also be rewarded. Olivia’s beliefs are best explained by the ___.

Answer 1

Social cognitive theory of gender

Explanation:

The social cognitive theory of gender was proposed by Albert Bandura. This theory is about to teach girls and boys about their role in society. They learn the behavior or learn by observing and imitating their parents. This behavior is initiated by the process of ope-rant conditioning using rewards and punishment.

Reward and punishment will lead the gender role, for which behavior is appropriate and which is not appropriate according to gender role. These are a very simple reward that increases the behavior such as you looking pretty in this dress and Jake you looking aggressive in this game.

This type of role formation can be built by imitation, observation parents, siblings, and teachers behavior. Thus Olivia feels that women are more consistent in their profession with best performance.