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Maccoby and Jacklin (1974) found that girls are more likely to comply with the directions of adults than boys, and they are more readily influenced by others than boys are. One explanation your authors offer for these findings is that
 
  a. girls are genetically more docile and conforming than boys.
 b. girls are more empathetic than boys, so they don't want to hurt feelings by disagreeing.
 c. girls are trained by their mothers to be agreeable, while boys are trained by their fathers to be confrontational..
  d. girls value harmony and don't want people to start arguing.

Question 2

Research indicates that working-class, full-time homemakers were more likely to be depressed than employed mothers. In turn, maternal feelings of depression were related to
 
  a. maternal anxiety.
  b. maternal substance abuse.
  c. use of permissive and authoritarian parenting styles.
  d. lack of social support.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

c



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