Discussion
Read the following statements and choose the correct option :
Assertion (A) : At a very early age, girls in most cultures across the world choose dolls as toys while boys prefer to play with cars.
Reason (R) : Children organize information about what is considered appropriate for a boy or a girl on the basis of what a particular culture expects and behave accordingly.
Answer: B
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
The assertion describes a well-documented pattern: from an early age, children in most cultures show gender-typed toy preferences, girls choosing dolls and boys vehicles.
The reason is gender schema theory: children build mental frameworks of what their culture considers appropriate for boys and girls, and use them to guide their own behaviour, including their choice of toys. That process explains the preferences in the assertion, so the reason explains it.
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