Davis (1995) Found That When Presented with a Disappointing Gift

question 19

Multiple Choice

Davis (1995) found that when presented with a disappointing gift, first- and third-grade girls display less negative emotion and more positive emotion than their male peers are. This finding highlights that ______.

• A) girls are less likely than boys to be disappointed with a gift
• B) girls are better than boys at masking socially inappropriate emotions
• C) girls are better than boys at masking socially inappropriate emotions but show similar abilities in emotion control
• D) girls have more emotional competence than boys in elementary school, but this changes as they become teenagers and adults

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