Declining differences between male and female scores on the Scholastic Assessment Test are probably the result of
a. increasing structural similarity between the right and left brains.
b. increasing similarity in male and female interests, experiences, and educational goals.
c. changes in the proportion of the population included in the norm group.
d. changes in hormone levels in the brain.
ANSWER: b
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