A study by Briere and Lanktree was described in Chapter 2 . This study compared students' reactions to either a neutral or a masculine generic version of a description about psychologists. This study demonstrated that
a. psychology was viewed as being a less attractive career for women when the masculine generic was used.
b. men judged psychology as being less attractive for themselves when the gender neutral version was used.
c. few people were influenced by the nature of the description.
d. most women remarked that they were offended by the use of the masculine generic.
A
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