Which statement about sex differences in emotion regulation is true?

A. The common belief that females are emotionally expressive and males are emotionally controlled has no basis in reality.
B. Girls typically have a harder time than boys regulating their negative emotions.
C. Caregivers often pay greater attention to boys' emotional expressions because boys express positive emotion more freely than girls.
D. Boys get more training than girls in how to suppress negative emotion.


Answer: D

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