According to your psychology textbook, which of the following statements is TRUE regarding women in psychology?
A)By 1906 in America, only one psychologist in 50 was a woman.
B)In recent years nearly 75 percent of the college graduates with a major in psychology are women.
C)It was not until 1956 that a woman became president of the American Psychological Association for the first time.
D)Carol Gilligan was the first woman to be awarded a Ph.D.in psychology in 1894.

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The statement "In recent years nearly 75 percent of the college graduates with a major in psychology are women" is true according to the psychology textbook, as it indicates the current trend of increasing representation of women in psychology. However, the other options are false: A) In America by 1906, less than 1 percent of psychologists were women. C) The first woman to become president of the American Psychological Association was Mary Cover Jones in 1952. D) The first woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in psychology was Margaret Floy Washburn in 1894, not Carol Gilligan.

According to Your Psychology Textbook, Which of the Following Statements