An individual diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder reports having a great deal of difficulty figuring out how others feel, and as a child had difficulty developing adequate language skills. These findings would make the MOST sense to a theorist with which background?
A) psychodynamic
B) sociocultural
C) cognitive
D) biological
Answer: C) cognitive
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A) more often attributing girls' failures to insufficient effort and boys' failures to ability. B) harshly punishing children for gender-atypical behavior. C) praising girls for knowledge and boys for obedience. D) behaving in a more mastery-oriented fashion with sons than with daughters.