Two preschool-age girls are playing with a train set. An older child walks by and tells them that the train set is a "boy's toy." According to gender schema theory, the
A) comment will have no effect on the girls' interest in the train set.
B) girls' desire to play with the train set will probably diminish.
C) girls' desire to play with the train set will probably increase.
D) comment will confuse the girls, as they have not yet developed gender-typed interests.
B
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