Differential Reinforcement

Adults and peers' responses to children's behaviours influences how children learn masculine or feminine identities, preferences and behaviours.

Girl toys vs boy toys: The experiment - BBC Stories. Girl toys vs boy toys: The experiment - BBC Stories. The Young Child's Gender Schema: Environmental Input, Internal Organization. Gender Labeling, Gender Stereotyping, and Parenting Behaviors. Peers play a role in reinforcing children's gender roles and behaviours.

Summarised: Differential Reinforcement on Boys. Summarised: Differential Reinforcement on Girls.