Jack and jill are watching the classic tv show leave it to beaver. after watching the show, they decide to play. jack says he will be ward cleaver and jill should play june cleaver. this play situation would be best explained by

d) learning theory.

Explanation:

According to another source, these are the options that should be included in this question:

a) Freudian psychoanalysis.

b) Piaget’s theory of development.

c) gender schema theory.

d) learning theory.

In this example, after the children watch a TV show that reinforces gender differences, the male child decides to act like the male character, while the female child decides to act like the female character. This situation is explained by learning theory. Learning theory tells us that after the children are exposed to a particular worldview, they tend to adopt this perspective and replicate it in their own behaviour.