Parents often buy their children gender-specific toys. Boys are given action figures that encourage active and aggressive play, while girls are given dolls and toy ovens that reinforce traditional gender roles. This is part of what process?

A) personality
B) socialization
C) social isolation
D) status conflict

Gender-specific Toys

Toys that are marketed or designed specifically for children of a particular gender, reinforcing traditional gender roles.

Socialization

The process by which individuals internalize the values, beliefs, and norms of a society and learn to function as members of that society.

Traditional Gender Roles

Socially and culturally defined prescriptions and beliefs about the behavior and responsibilities of men and women, often based on normative concepts of masculinity and femininity.