Essentialism Is the Belief That

Essentialism is the belief that

A) members of a social category all have the same characteristics and those charac- teristics do not change.
B) the social groups that are essential to children's identities are preferred over other social groups.
C) people who appear to be different from one another can belong to the same social category.
D) people can change from one social category to another if they want to.