A child's cognitive understanding of sex differences would be his or her _____.

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A child's cognitive understanding of sex differences is called gender schema, which is the set of beliefs about male and female traits and behaviors that a child acquires from their culture. Option A (Oedipal complex) and Option B (Electra complex) are Freudian concepts that describe the psychosexual development of children and cannot be used to describe a child's cognitive understanding of sex differences. Option C (superego) is also a Freudian concept that refers to the part of the personality that represents internalized societal rules and ideals, but it does not specifically relate to a child's understanding of sex differences.

A Child's Cognitive Understanding of Sex Differences Would Be His