Four-year-old Paulie believes that his male cousin, Spencer, is now a girl because his hair has grown down to below his shoulders during the year since he last saw Spencer. This shows that Paulie

A) is likely to develop a homosexual orientation later in life.
B) clearly has a gender identity disorder.
C) clearly does not grasp the importance of sex-typed behavior.
D) has not developed an understanding of gender constancy.

D

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