Describe some of the characteristics of male-female relationships in childhood and adulthood. 9. A. What are some ethnic and cultural influences on development? B. What is acculturation?

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Explanation:

The gender roles are influenced by the family and the media and environment and the society and this emphasis how they behave in society and is impacted by their peer networks and have a strong sense of the gender identity and children develop a set of gender-specific behavior such as team play and the close relations and this plays a major roles in shaping of the individual self-concept. Relation in the adulthood is comprised of the love and intimacy a passion and passion comprise of the intense feelings of the psychological state of the arousal and closeness in the relationships.  Some of the ethnic and the cultural influences of the development are those of the beliefs and the behaviors and language are one of the food, music, and nationality and the religion all can impact the positive and the negative sides of the developments. Acculturalization the process of the social, psychological and cultural changes that stem from the balance of the two cultures and is a process by which the person adopts and acquires the new cultural environment and makes changes in his with cultural values.

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