Carol Gilligan's Work on the Issue of Self-Esteem in Girls

question 54

Multiple Choice

Carol Gilligan's work on the issue of self-esteem in girls showed that

• A)girls begin with low self-esteem,but it gradually increases as they progress through adolescence.
• B)at all ages,girls have higher self-esteem than boys.
• C)at all ages,boys have higher self-esteem than girls.
• D)girls begin with high levels of self-esteem,which gradually decrease as they go through adolescence.

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Definitions:

Mental Strategies

Techniques or approaches used to enhance cognitive processes such as memory, problem-solving, and learning.

Preoperational Thinking

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where children from about 2 to 7 years old develop memory and imagination, but do not yet think logically.

Cognitive Abilities

The mental skills and capacities for learning, reasoning, problem-solving, and processing information.

Theory Of Mind

The ability to attribute mental states—beliefs, intents, desires, emotions, knowledge—to oneself and to others and to understand that others have beliefs, desires, and intentions that are different from one's own.