Why Are Researchers Less Convinced That Gender-Related Differences in Cognition

question 69

Multiple Choice

Why are researchers less convinced that gender-related differences in cognition and behavior have a physiological basis?

• A)These differences have increased over time,due to changes in gender roles.
• B)Murder rates are the same in different countries,showing that males are generally more aggressive than females.
• C)Males and females no longer differ much in mathematical abilities,although boys are still overrepresented at the lower and higher extremes.
• D)All of the above

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