Leo is 3 years old and insists that he is a boy and his sister, Mia, is a girl. However, when Mia wears a superhero costume with a mask, Leo says, 'Now Mia is a boy!'
When Leo's mother shows him a picture of a man cooking in a kitchen, Leo later insists that it was a woman cooking.
Discuss cognitive explanations of gender development. Refer to Leo in your answer.
Practise AQA A Level Psychology Cognitive explanations of gender development with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 49 questions, matched to the AQA A Level Psychology (7182) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.
