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Laura Searle Compare and Contrast the Biological and Social Learning Theories of Gender Development Gender can be explained by the biological and social learning theories. They are two very different theories, based upon very different ideas. Gender is a psychological term, which refers to our awareness and reaction to biological sex. There are three main areas that these theories try to explain. These are, gender role, the adoption of masculine or feminine behavioral traits that are deemed appropriate or characteristic of a particular sex, gender identity, a person's private, subjective sense of their own sex and sexual orientation/preference, the erotic desire for people of same or different sex. The Social learning theory is based upon the ideas of Bandura. He believes that childhood is the time during which the acquisition of gender occurs. The social learning theory of Bandura emphasises the importance of observing and modeling the behaviors, attitudes, and emotional reactions of...

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