Saffi Is Playing with Her Two Brothers, but When the Three

question 318

Multiple Choice

Saffi is playing with her two brothers, but when the three of them begin wrestling in the grass Saffi's father tells her she must come and sit by him. He tells her it is not ladylike to roll around in the grass, because she will get her dress dirty. Saffi's father is treating her differently from her brothers because he is using

• A)sextyping.
• B)androgyny.
• C)preconventional reasoning.
• D)a Piagetian judgment.
• E)a personal fable.

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