Paulo unconsciously knows what it means to be a boy. He interacts with others, chooses activities, and interprets information in accordance with this cognitive representation of "maleness." This is an example of which gender development theory?

Answer is Gender schema.

Explanation:

Gender schema is a cognitively based theory that explain how gender development occurs using information processing approach.

It also proposes that children learn what it takes or means to be a male or female from their culture.