How Are Cognitive Advances in Middle Childhood Related to Gender

question 17

Multiple Choice

How are cognitive advances in middle childhood related to gender stereotypes?

• A) Children in middle childhood are more rigid with gender stereotypes due to cognitive advances.
• B) Middle childhood's cognitive advances allow children to be defined by gender.
• C) Children in middle childhood are less rigid with gender stereotypes due to cognitive advances.
• D) Middle childhood's cognitive advances aid to process information with a trend toward inflexibility.

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