If a 4- to 5-year-old boy sees a girl model enjoying herself with a novel "boy" toy, he will _____ that toy, thus contradicting _____ assumption about the importance of same-sex modeling influences to early gender-typing.

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According to Bandura's social learning theory, children learn through observation and imitation of role models. Therefore, if the boy sees a girl enjoying a toy, he may imitate her behavior and play with the same toy, contradicting the assumption that same-sex modeling influences are important for gender-typing. This makes option A the correct choice. Kohlberg's theory, on the other hand, is focused on the development of moral reasoning, not gender-typing, and is not relevant to this scenario.

If a 4- to 5-Year-Old Boy Sees a Girl Model