1. Define gender-role development and identify and describe gender stereotypes.
   
   
2. Identify and discuss the basis for actual differences observed between the sexes.
   
   
3. Describe the biological explanations of sex differences, specifying the roles of chromosomes, hormones, and brain differences in behavior.
   
   
4. Discuss imitation and the influence of parents, peers, and others on gender-role development according to social learning theory.
   
   
5. Discuss the cross-cultural research findings concerning sex differences.
   
   
6. Describe the cognitive-developmental explanations of gender identity, gender stability, and gender constancy.
   
   
7. Describe gender schema theory and its important contributions to understanding gender-role development.
   
   
8. Describe the influence of parents on the child's gender-role development.
   
   
9. Describe the influence of peers on the child's gender-role development.
   
   
10. Describe the influence of teachers' attitudes and behavior on the child's gender-role development.
    
    
11. Identify practices that promote gender equity in the classroom.
    
    
12. Describe attitudinal and achievement differences exhibited by students pertaining to academic subjects and schoolwork.
    
    
13. Define androgyny and discuss the relationships among masculinity, femininity, androgyny, and psychological well-being.
    
    
14. Summarize arguments supporting the view that female development is distinct from male development.
    
    
15. Identify the possible benefits and disadvantages of rearing children in a nonsexist way.