Three-Year-Old Shawn Tells Us That He Is a Boy and His

question 51

Multiple Choice

Three-year-old Shawn tells us that he is a boy and his newborn sister is a girl-baby. Apparently Shawn has some knowledge of

• A) categorical self
• B) public self
• C) conservation of gender
• D) private self

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