Question 1

According to Freud, in order to achieve mature sexual functioning women must

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A)  re-direct their sexual impulses away from the clitoris. 
B)  try to adopt a more outgoing, aggressive sexuality similar to men. 
C)  become more passive and try to please men. 
D)  develop an attachment to multiple modes of sexual satisfaction. 
A)  re-direct their sexual impulses away from the clitoris. 
B)  try to adopt a more outgoing, aggressive sexuality similar to men. 
C)  become more passive and try to please men. 
D)  develop an attachment to multiple modes of sexual satisfaction. A

Question 2

In Ellyn Kaschak's theory men who do not resolve their Oedipus complex

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A)  are attracted to women who have qualities like their mother. 
B)  seek power and sex in self-centered ways. 
C)  seek to form close relationships with men as well as with women. 
D)  are less masculine than men who resolve this complex. 
A)  are attracted to women who have qualities like their mother. 
B)  seek power and sex in self-centered ways. 
C)  seek to form close relationships with men as well as with women. 
D)  are less masculine than men who resolve this complex. B

Question 3

According to Freud, the latency stage of personality development

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A)  tends to arouse aggressive sexuality in men but not in women. 
B)  is more traumatic for boys than girls. 
C)  includes no sexual activity or active sexual interest. 
D)  is the last stage of development. 
E)  both b and d 
A)  tends to arouse aggressive sexuality in men but not in women. 
B)  is more traumatic for boys than girls. 
C)  includes no sexual activity or active sexual interest. 
D)  is the last stage of development. 
E)  both b and d C

Question 4

Nancy Chodorow's psychoanalytic theory of development

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A)  is a minor revision of Freud's psychoanalytic theory. 
B)  emphasizes the latency and genital stages of development rather than the phallic stage. 
C)  emphasizes pre-Oedipal development. 
D)  replaced Freud's theory with a research-based approach to personality development. 
A)  is a minor revision of Freud's psychoanalytic theory. 
B)  emphasizes the latency and genital stages of development rather than the phallic stage. 
C)  emphasizes pre-Oedipal development. 
D)  replaced Freud's theory with a research-based approach to personality development.

Question 5

In Horney's theory, men fear women and try to manage this feeling by

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A)  achievement and personal success. 
B)  trying to make women feel inferior. 
C)  competition, especially in athletic events. 
D)  attempting to repress such feelings to the unconscious. 
A)  achievement and personal success. 
B)  trying to make women feel inferior. 
C)  competition, especially in athletic events. 
D)  attempting to repress such feelings to the unconscious.

Question 6

The process of coming to identify oneself as male or female is

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A)  gender stereotyping. 
B)  gender identity. 
C)  gender constancy. 
D)  gender self-referencing. 
A)  gender stereotyping. 
B)  gender identity. 
C)  gender constancy. 
D)  gender self-referencing.

Question 7

In Chodorow's theory, identifying with their mother is

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A)  easier for boys than girls, because of the sexual attraction. 
B)  easier for girls than boys, because girls and their mothers are the same sex. 
C)  harmful to boys, who may develop a homosexual orientation. 
D)  equally difficult for both boys and girls, due to the age difference between infants and the adult mother. 
A)  easier for boys than girls, because of the sexual attraction. 
B)  easier for girls than boys, because girls and their mothers are the same sex. 
C)  harmful to boys, who may develop a homosexual orientation. 
D)  equally difficult for both boys and girls, due to the age difference between infants and the adult mother.

Question 8

Karen Horney was

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A)  an early psychologist who followed Freud's psychoanalytic theory. 
B)  like Freud-a physician and psychoanalyst. 
C)  unlike Freud-a physician trained in the experimental procedures involved in psychophysiology. 
D)  one of Freud's lay analysts. 
A)  an early psychologist who followed Freud's psychoanalytic theory. 
B)  like Freud-a physician and psychoanalyst. 
C)  unlike Freud-a physician trained in the experimental procedures involved in psychophysiology. 
D)  one of Freud's lay analysts.

Question 9

The commonality in men who have resolved their Oedipus complex and women who have resolved their Antigone complex is their

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A)  ability to form heterosexual relationships. 
B)  ability to relate to each other as individuals. 
C)  achievement orientation. 
D)  tendency to express a high degree of neurotic symptoms. 
A)  ability to form heterosexual relationships. 
B)  ability to relate to each other as individuals. 
C)  achievement orientation. 
D)  tendency to express a high degree of neurotic symptoms.

Question 10

The emphasis in Chodorow's theory is

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A)  mothering. 
B)  fathering. 
C)  early childhood sexuality. 
D)  peer relationships. 
A)  mothering. 
B)  fathering. 
C)  early childhood sexuality. 
D)  peer relationships.

Question 11

Psychoanalytic theory holds that personality development occurs through a series of _________ stages, which are _________ determined.

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A)  representational . . . socially 
B)  abstract . . . both socially and biologically 
C)  psychosexual . . . biologically 
D)  biopsychosocial . . . personally 
A)  representational . . . socially 
B)  abstract . . . both socially and biologically 
C)  psychosexual . . . biologically 
D)  biopsychosocial . . . personally

Question 12

What do all of the psychodynamic theories of gender development have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  an emphasis on the importance of the unconscious in personality formation and functioning 
B)  the view that the events of the Oedipus complex are the most important factors in gender development 
C)  a bias against women and an acceptance of the inferiority of their personalities 
D)  nothing-these theories have no underlying principles that make them comparable 
A)  an emphasis on the importance of the unconscious in personality formation and functioning 
B)  the view that the events of the Oedipus complex are the most important factors in gender development 
C)  a bias against women and an acceptance of the inferiority of their personalities 
D)  nothing-these theories have no underlying principles that make them comparable

Question 13

In Freud's theory, personality development is similar for boys and girls until what stage?

Accepted Answer

A)  oral 
B)  anal 
C)  phallic 
D)  psychosexual 
A)  oral 
B)  anal 
C)  phallic 
D)  psychosexual

Question 14

According to social learning theory, gender differences are

Accepted Answer

A)  totally a matter of learning from society. 
B)  due to a combination of biological and social factors. 
C)  largely a matter of biological factors. 
D)  due to social situations rather than the family as the major source of learning gender roles. 
A)  totally a matter of learning from society. 
B)  due to a combination of biological and social factors. 
C)  largely a matter of biological factors. 
D)  due to social situations rather than the family as the major source of learning gender roles.

Question 15

Horney's theory of personality development differed from Freud's in its

Accepted Answer

A)  emphasis on the unconscious. 
B)  acceptance of sexual feelings as important. 
C)  emphasis on the events that take place in early childhood. 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above 
A)  emphasis on the unconscious. 
B)  acceptance of sexual feelings as important. 
C)  emphasis on the events that take place in early childhood. 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above

Question 16

All versions of psychoanalytic theory

Accepted Answer

A)  have a solid empirical basis and a large research literature confirming them. 
B)  have undergone revisions based on changes in social roles of women and men. 
C)  hypothesize gender differences in personality development. 
D)  have fallen from popularity and represent theories of historical rather than current interest. 
A)  have a solid empirical basis and a large research literature confirming them. 
B)  have undergone revisions based on changes in social roles of women and men. 
C)  hypothesize gender differences in personality development. 
D)  have fallen from popularity and represent theories of historical rather than current interest.

Question 17

A gender schema is

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A)  a stereotypical way of thinking about gender. 
B)  a measurement of masculinity or femininity. 
C)  an internalized cognitive system for organizing gender. 
D)  the same as gender identity. 
A)  a stereotypical way of thinking about gender. 
B)  a measurement of masculinity or femininity. 
C)  an internalized cognitive system for organizing gender. 
D)  the same as gender identity.

Question 18

In "Femininity," one of Freud's last statements on women,

Accepted Answer

A)  he confessed an incomplete understanding of women. 
B)  he confessed his personal dislike for women and his belief that they were intellectually inferior to men. 
C)  he reversed his earlier position on women, admitting that men and women were more similar than he had previously acknowledged. 
D)  he reported on research concerning gender identity and proposed a feminist future. 
A)  he confessed an incomplete understanding of women. 
B)  he confessed his personal dislike for women and his belief that they were intellectually inferior to men. 
C)  he reversed his earlier position on women, admitting that men and women were more similar than he had previously acknowledged. 
D)  he reported on research concerning gender identity and proposed a feminist future.

Question 19

Gender schemata

Accepted Answer

A)  do not vary from person to person. 
B)  are consistent for women and for men but different between the two. 
C)  can vary from person to person as well as between women and men. 
D)  produce no behavioral effects and are difficult to research. 
A)  do not vary from person to person. 
B)  are consistent for women and for men but different between the two. 
C)  can vary from person to person as well as between women and men. 
D)  produce no behavioral effects and are difficult to research.

Question 20

If a boy's brother makes fun of him when he plays with dolls, the boy is being

Accepted Answer

A)  punished for playing with dolls. 
B)  positively reinforced for playing with dolls. 
C)  negatively reinforced for playing with dolls. 
D)  negatively reinforced for showing feminine behaviors. 
E)  both c and d 
A)  punished for playing with dolls. 
B)  positively reinforced for playing with dolls. 
C)  negatively reinforced for playing with dolls. 
D)  negatively reinforced for showing feminine behaviors. 
E)  both c and d

According to Freud, in order to achieve mature sexual functioning women must

In Ellyn Kaschak's theory men who do not resolve their Oedipus complex

According to Freud, the latency stage of personality development

Nancy Chodorow's psychoanalytic theory of development

In Horney's theory, men fear women and try to manage this feeling by

The process of coming to identify oneself as male or female is

In Chodorow's theory, identifying with their mother is

Karen Horney was

The commonality in men who have resolved their Oedipus complex and women who have resolved their Antigone complex is their

The emphasis in Chodorow's theory is

Psychoanalytic theory holds that personality development occurs through a series of _ stages, which are _ determined.

What do all of the psychodynamic theories of gender development have in common?

In Freud's theory, personality development is similar for boys and girls until what stage?

According to social learning theory, gender differences are

Horney's theory of personality development differed from Freud's in its

All versions of psychoanalytic theory

A gender schema is

In "Femininity," one of Freud's last statements on women,

Gender schemata

If a boy's brother makes fun of him when he plays with dolls, the boy is being

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Exam 5: Theories of Gender Development

According to Freud, in order to achieve mature sexual functioning women must

In Ellyn Kaschak's theory men who do not resolve their Oedipus complex

According to Freud, the latency stage of personality development

Nancy Chodorow's psychoanalytic theory of development

In Horney's theory, men fear women and try to manage this feeling by

The process of coming to identify oneself as male or female is

In Chodorow's theory, identifying with their mother is

Karen Horney was

The commonality in men who have resolved their Oedipus complex and women who have resolved their Antigone complex is their

The emphasis in Chodorow's theory is

Psychoanalytic theory holds that personality development occurs through a series of _________ stages, which are _________ determined.

What do all of the psychodynamic theories of gender development have in common?

In Freud's theory, personality development is similar for boys and girls until what stage?

According to social learning theory, gender differences are

Horney's theory of personality development differed from Freud's in its

All versions of psychoanalytic theory

A gender schema is

In "Femininity," one of Freud's last statements on women,

Gender schemata

If a boy's brother makes fun of him when he plays with dolls, the boy is being

The Study of Gender

Researching Sex and Gender

Gender Stereotypes: Masculinity and Femininity

Hormones and Chromosomes

Developing Gender Identity

Intelligence and Cognitive Abilities

Emotion

Relationships

Sexuality

School

Careers and Work

Health and Fitness

Stress, Coping, and Psychopathology

Treatment for Mental Disorders

How Different

Filters

Psychoanalytic theory holds that personality development occurs through a series of _ stages, which are _ determined.