Kohlberg's cognitive developmental theory of gender-role development is particularly concerned with
A) how gender knowledge develops.
B) parents' differential reinforcement of gender-appropriate and -inappropriate behavior.
C) biologically based sex differences.
D) the contexts in which girls and boys develop differently.

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Kohlberg's theory is focused on how children's understanding of gender develops through cognitive processes, such as their ability to classify and generalize information. It is not primarily concerned with parental reinforcement, biology, or contextual differences in gender development.

Kohlberg's Cognitive Developmental Theory of Gender-Role Development Is Particularly Concerned