Dr Prather Is a Behavioral Psychologist Strongly Influenced by the Ideas

question 103

Multiple Choice

Dr. Prather is a behavioral psychologist strongly influenced by the ideas of Skinner and Bandura. To which of the following explanations of girls' language arts superiority in elementary school would Dr. Prather lend the LEAST credence?

• A) Because they are more social than boys, girls are exposed to more interactive language than are boys.
• B) Parents and teachers encourage the sophisticated use of language among girls to a greater extent than they do among boys.
• C) Most elementary school teachers are women. Girls are thus exposed to adult models of sophisticated language use that resemble themselves. Boys have less such exposure.
• D) There are more connections between the hemispheres in female brains than in male brains.

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