Which statement is supported by research on gender differences in intellectual performance?
A. In early childhood, boys are slightly ahead of girls in verbal ability, a trend which continues into adolescence.
B. Throughout childhood and adolescence, girls do better than boys at abstract mathematical problem solving.
C. By adolescence, girls are ahead of boys in verbal ability, except when tests are heavily weighted with writing.
D. Girls score slightly higher than boys on tests of verbal ability in middle childhood and adolescence.
Answer: D
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