Exam 13: Gender,genes,and Culture

Maria reads about an unsolved murder in the newspaper.Knowing that in the United States,eight times as many men as women are likely to be arrested for murder,she can reasonably predict that a(n)_____ committed the murder.

In Canada and the United States,_____ as many men as women are arrested for murder.

Higher than normal levels of testosterone have been found in

Being a student of social psychology,you can predict with reasonable accuracy that _____ are more likely to contribute to charitable organizations.

In the mid-1960s,married women in the United States devoted seven times as many hours to housework as did their husbands,yet in the mid-1990s,this figure was down to two times as many hours.This pattern reflects how gender roles

Evolutionary explanations of gender differences have been criticized because they

In the context of gender differences,compared to males,the average female is

In the context of gender differences in social dominance,compared to men,women

When men and women want empathy and understanding,they are most likely to turn to a

According to the text,_____ are more likely to describe themselves as having empathy.

Identify a true statement about gender differences in friendship.

Eagly and Wood (2013)theorized that in adult life the immediate causes of gender differences in social behavior are

In the context of gender differences in play,it has been observed that compared to boys,girls

In physiological and subjective responses to sexual stimuli,

In psychology,the characteristics,whether biologically or socially influenced,by which people define male and female is referred to as

_____ are more likely to favor conservative political candidates.

According to evolutionary psychology,men tend to display their "abs and assets" in an attempt to offer what women will desire

According to the text,which term best describes the relationship between biology and culture?

Your mother has commented on how little time your older sister,who recently married,spends on housework,as compared to what she herself used to spend when she was a newlywed.Your mother's comment reflects how gender roles

Research has found that _____ are generally superior at decoding others' emotional messages.