When a Preschool-Age Child Is Developing a Gender Schema,he/she Is

question 12

Multiple Choice

When a preschool-age child is developing a gender schema,he/she is

• A)developing his/her own sexual identity based on inborn expectations.
• B)increasing his/her own cognitive abilities to develop "rules" about what is right and wrong for males and females.
• C)developing his/her own ideas about how males and females are biologically different.
• D)developing his/her behaviors solely around what he/she sees from parents' behavior(s).

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