Which Statement About the Moral Reasoning of Males and Females

question 88

Multiple Choice

Which statement about the moral reasoning of males and females is TRUE?

• A) Males tend to be more concerned with protecting their image in the social circle when they make moral judgments.
• B) Females tend to focus their moral judgments more on issues of caring for other people than do males.
• C) Males tend to be less able to reason at their full cognitive capacity when faced with moral dilemmas.
• D) Differences in males' and females' moral reasoning are more apparent when reasoning about hypothetical moral dilemmas than when reasoning about dilemmas in their own lives.

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