When his son cries when another child takes his favorite toy, brandon admonishes him by saying, "big boys don’t cry." evidently, brandon is an advocate of the in accounting for the development of gender-linked behaviors.

Social leaning theory

Explanation:

 The social leaning theory is the refers to the leaning process which include various types of values, behavior, motivation and the attitude according to the given concept.

The social learning is one of the important factor in the environment as it helps in solving various types of problems in an organization and also in the decision making process.

According to the given question, the social leaning theory is one of the development process that refers the gender linked behavior in the given context.

 Therefore, Social leaning theory is the correct answer.