alleryBoys are handed toy cars and girls dolls, each praised for 'proper' play. This is:
Agender socialisation
Bracial socialisation
Clanguage socialisation
Dorganisational socialisation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. gender socialisation
1. Gender socialisation is the learning of behaviour and attitudes considered appropriate for a given sex.
2. It happens through many agents such as family, peers, school and media.
3. The other options concern race, language and work.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Socialization" (rev 1380116098), section "Gender socialization"_
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