In an experiment conducted by Gjerde & Cardilla in 2009, children were assessed at age 3 and 4 on the dimension of openness to new experiences. Then the same children were assessed again at ages 18 and 23. The study indicated that the open and imaginative young girls tended to become ________ young women.

A. anxious and self-doubting
B. self-assured and flexible
C. emotionally sterile and calculating
D. highly career oriented


Answer: A

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