The news often points out girls' relatively poor academic performance on standardized tests compared to boys' performance on those tests. Based on the research presented in this chapter, these gender differences may be due in part to
a. the gender bias that pervades standardized tests.
b. biological differences in the ways males and females process information.
c. girls' and young women's "fear of success" schemas.
d. the power of teachers' self-fulfilling prophecies.
Answer: D
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