In all likelihood, sex differences in mathematical ability are
a. the result of brain physiology.
b. the result of different expectations regarding female and male math performance.
c. entirely fictitious.
d. further proof of a genetic difference between females and males.
Ans: b. the result of different expectations regarding female and male math performance.
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