Gnepp Tested the Ability of 8-Year-Olds to Make Judgments of Other

question 73

Multiple Choice

Gnepp tested the ability of 8-year-olds to make judgments of other children's traits.The children were asked to base their judgments of an unfamiliar child on a small sample of the child's previous behaviours.Which of the following best summarizes Gnepp's findings?

• A)There were no significant differences between the inferences made by popular children and by less-popular children.
• B)Popular children tended to outperform their less popular agemates because the popular children had more advanced role-taking skills.
• C)Popular children outperformed their less popular agemates, even when their role-taking skills were comparable.
• D)Regardless of whether they were labelled as popular or unpopular, children with good role-taking skills outperformed children with poor role-taking skills at this age.

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