Chapter 5 discussed a study in which high school students were asked to recall their score on an important mathematics test that they had completed two years earlier. The results of the study showed that the gender differences in their recalled scores
a. were largest when students had strong gender stereotypes about math ability.
b. were smallest when students had strong gender stereotypes about math ability.
c. were smallest when students had low math ability.
d. were not significant in any of the conditions.
A
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