When a preschool-age child is developing a gender schema, he/she is __________
a) developing his/her own sexual identity based on inborn expectations
b) increasing his/her own cognitive abilities to develop "rules" about what is appropriate and inappropriate for males and females
c) developing his/her own ideas about how males and females are biologically different
d) developing his/her behavior solely around what he/she sees from his/her parents' behavior
Answer: b
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