According to the text, the single most all-encompassing theoretical model to explain sex and gender differences in society is
a. the biological model, which considers gendered behavior a result of underlying biological and physiological processes.
b. the evolutionary model, which describes gendered behavior as a result of evolutionary adaptation.
c. the socialization and learning model, in which gendered behavior is learned by the individual within a specific sociocultural context.
d. not any one of the above perspectives.
Answer: d
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