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In Lawrence Kohlberg's Research Regarding How We Develop Moral Values

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In Lawrence Kohlberg's research regarding how we develop moral values, his participants were primarily male. Later studies on the moral development of women were conducted by Carol Gilligan. Which of the following statements regarding these two studies is TRUE?


A) Both studies obtained the same results regarding women's moral development.
B) Carol Gilligan found that women's moral development was based on justice, while Kohlberg found that women's moral development was based on caring.
C) Lawrence Kohlberg found that women showed a greater moral maturity than did the men in his study.
D) Kohlberg's study was an example of gender bias in research because few women were involved in the study, and Kohlberg assumed that theories based on men would also apply to women.

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