As soon as Grant started to play patty-cake with his classmate Emma,he was teased and ridiculed by the boys in the class.Grant quickly learned that patty-cake is a form of play that is reserved for girls and not boys.Grant's process of learning the roles of "maleness" and "femaleness" is ____.

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Grant's process of learning gender roles and the social expectations associated with them is referred to as gender socialization. Biological factors determine sex (male or female), while gender identity and expression are social constructs shaped by cultural norms and expectations. A sex schema refers to an individual's mental model of categorizing people based on their biological sex. Sexual-social identity refers to an individual's understanding and expression of their sexual orientation and gender identity.

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