Taylor, Rhodes, and Gelman (2009) Investigated Reasoning About Gender-Related Properties

question 35

Multiple Choice

Taylor, Rhodes, and Gelman (2009) investigated reasoning about gender-related properties. Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the researchers' conclusions?

• A) Children and college students claimed greater flexibility in behavioral properties for boys than for girls.
• B) Children and college students thought that girls were more likely to be influenced in a masculine direction than boys were to be influenced in a feminine direction.
• C) Children treat the concepts of boy and girl as equivalent to species, in the extent to which features are inborn, inflexible, and intrinsically linked to category membership.
• D) College students viewed both male and female behavior as more open to the environment and more flexible.

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