Elliot is enjoying watching his son grow up. He realizes thathis son currently has no conception of sex or gender--his own oranyone else's. But as soon as his mind has matured to the point hecan recognize constant patterns of male-ness and female-ness, hewill develop his gender identity. Which theory in your text bestapplies to this example of stages?
Group of answer choices:
social learning theory
cognitive development theory
gender-role transcendence theory
psychosexual theory