In One Experiment, 5- and 6-Year-Old Children Were Shown Pictures

Multiple Choice

In one experiment, 5- and 6-year-old children were shown pictures of children engaged in stereotype-consistent or stereotype-inconsistent activities. A week later, their memory was tested and it was found that they distorted the information in the stereotype-inconsistent pictures to make them stereotype-consistent. This study is cited as evidence for ______.

A) social learning theory
B) sociobiology
C) gender schema theory
D) Gilligan's feminist reformulation of moral development theory