Which statement about sex differences in emotion regulation is true?

A) The commonbelief 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 negative emotion.
C) Caregivers often pay greater attention to boys’ emotional expression because boys, more freely than girls, express positive emotion.
D) Boys get more training than girls in how to suppress negative emotion.


Answer: D

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