When Children Learn the Rules for Gender Category Formation, They

question 50

Multiple Choice

When children learn the rules for gender category formation, they become unwilling to make exceptions. That is, they tend to

• A) use a variety of flexible gender categories.
• B) find it difficult to limit their categories to the two standard choices.
• C) stereotype on the basis of gender.
• D) use several different cognitive strategies to identify a stranger's gender.

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