A Psychology Professor Attributes Gender Differences to the Possibility That

question 85

Multiple Choice

A psychology professor attributes gender differences to the possibility that women's lower-status positions in society have encouraged them to become more cooperative and less dominant than men. This view most closely matches

• A) cognitive developmental theories of gender.
• B) psychoanalytic theories of gender.
• C) ethological psychology.
• D) the social role theory.

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