The last part of Chapter 2 described a study in which US students were asked to rate a list of personal traits in terms of its importance in their life. The list of 10 most important traits showed that

a. males and females differed greatly in their ratings.
b. males were much more likely than females to give high ratings to traits such as "independent" and "self-reliant.".
c. females were much more likely than males to give high ratings to traits such as "loyal" and "understanding.".
d. more than half of the top 10 most important traits were the same for women and men.CHAPTER 3Infancy and Childhood


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