Gender Stereotypes

question 34

Multiple Choice

Gender stereotypes

• A) are limiting because people use them to make assumptions about individuals based on their gender that may not be true.
• B) help people make more accurate inferences about people they don't know very well.
• C) are based on underlying biological sex differences.
• D) are similar in all parts of the world.

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