Which of the Following Statements Is True of Children's Biases

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of children's biases?

• A) Children did not find judgments about exclusion from activities based on either ethnicity or gender to be morally inappropriate.
• B) Children find exclusion from activities based on ethnicity to be more morally inappropriate than exclusion based on gender.
• C) Children find exclusion from activities based on gender to be more morally inappropriate than exclusion based on ethnicity.
• D) Children find judgments about exclusion from activities based on both ethnicity and gender to be equally high in moral inappropriateness.

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Definitions:

A-not-B Task

A cognitive task used to assess the understanding of object permanence in infants, where an object is hidden in one location (A) then moved to another (B), and the infant's search behavior is observed.

Piaget

A Swiss psychologist known for his pioneering work in the study of child development and his theory of cognitive development.

Time Before

Refers to the period or moments that precede a particular event or point in time.

Violations-of-Expectations Procedure

An experimental technique used in developmental psychology to assess infants' understanding of physical and social norms by observing their reactions to unexpected events.