Your professor has asked you to take part in a study that will examine moral development in male and female adolescents. Based on previous research, which of these conclusions would you expect to see in this new research?
A) Moral development will probably become more complex in boys over time and less complex in girls over time.
B) There will probably be more differences in moral development between boys-only groups and girls-only groups than there will be within groups of boys and groups of girls.
C) There will probably be more differences in moral development within groups of boys and groups of girls than there will be between boys-only groups and girls-only groups.
D) Moral development will probably become less complex in boys over time and more complex in girls over time.

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Previous research suggests that there may be more differences in moral development within groups of boys and girls than between boys-only and girls-only groups. This implies that gender alone may not be the most important factor in predicting moral development, and that individual differences within gender groups may play a larger role. Additionally, there is no evidence to suggest that moral development becomes more or less complex in either gender over time.

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