Your textbook discusses a study by Powlishta on gender prejudice in children. When children watched videotapes of a child interacting with an adult,
a. both boys and girls liked the boy targets better.
b. both boys and girls liked boy targets better when they were engaged in masculine activities and girl targets better in feminine activities.
c. girls liked girl targets better, whereas boys liked boy targets better.
d. surprisingly, girls liked boy targets better, whereas boys liked girl targets better.
Question 2
Suppose that you are observing a group of preschool children, as part of a class assignment. You notice that three boys have taken over a sandbox in the corner of a playground, and they are saying to a girl, No, you can't play here because you aren't a boy.. The boys' behavior is an example of
a. modeling.
b. heterosexism.
c. entitlement.
d. stereotype threat.
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