Question 1

Some researchers who take a neuroscience approach to gender differences argue that those differences stem from different

Accepted Answer

A) treatment by adults. 
B) levels of androgens. 
C) levels of knowledge about the two sexes. 
D) play styles. 
A) treatment by adults. 
B) levels of androgens. 
C) levels of knowledge about the two sexes. 
D) play styles.

Question 2

Which statement about males' and females' experience of sexual harassment is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A) Sexual harassment is commonly experienced by both boys and girls. 
B) Most sexual harassment occurs online. 
C) Most perpetrators of sexual harassment are teachers or other adults. 
D) Same-gender harassment is more likely to happen to girls than to boys. 
A) Sexual harassment is commonly experienced by both boys and girls. 
B) Most sexual harassment occurs online. 
C) Most perpetrators of sexual harassment are teachers or other adults. 
D) Same-gender harassment is more likely to happen to girls than to boys.

Question 3

Which condition is associated with impeding the formation of male external genitalia, which can result in a biological male child being born with female external genitalia?

Accepted Answer

A) ADD 
B) congenital adrenal hyperplasia 
C) epilepsy 
D) androgen insensitivity syndrome 
A) ADD 
B) congenital adrenal hyperplasia 
C) epilepsy 
D) androgen insensitivity syndrome

Question 4

A characteristic that is NOT more likely to be a component of the norms of girls' peer groups than of the norms of boys' peer groups in middle childhood is

Accepted Answer

A) self-reliance. 
B) collaboration. 
C) emotional sharing. 
D) intimacy. 
A) self-reliance. 
B) collaboration. 
C) emotional sharing. 
D) intimacy.

Question 5

According to Kohlberg, which child's behaviour on a Piagetian conservation task indicates that she has likely achieved gender constancy?

Accepted Answer

A) Melinda, who believes that a row of pennies that has been spread out has more pennies than it originally did 
B) Alicia, who intently watches the liquid being poured from one container to another to understand where the extra liquid is going 
C) Jasmine, who states that a ball of clay that has been rolled out into a hot dog shape has more clay after the change 
D) Stephanie, who understands that she is a girl and that nothing will change that 
A) Melinda, who believes that a row of pennies that has been spread out has more pennies than it originally did 
B) Alicia, who intently watches the liquid being poured from one container to another to understand where the extra liquid is going 
C) Jasmine, who states that a ball of clay that has been rolled out into a hot dog shape has more clay after the change 
D) Stephanie, who understands that she is a girl and that nothing will change that

Question 6

The meta-analysis conducted by Else-Quest and colleagues on cultural influences in gender differences in math achievement provided support for which theory?

Accepted Answer

A) social identity theory 
B) gender schema theory 
C) the bioecological model 
D) biosocial theory 
A) social identity theory 
B) gender schema theory 
C) the bioecological model 
D) biosocial theory

Question 7

A sense of belonging to one's gender ingroup is termed

Accepted Answer

A) felt gender typicality. 
B) collaboration. 
C) gender schema. 
D) gender typing. 
A) felt gender typicality. 
B) collaboration. 
C) gender schema. 
D) gender typing.

Question 8

Greater levels of TV viewing by children are NOT likely to be associated with

Accepted Answer

A) higher levels of gender-nonessentialist statements. 
B) greater preference for gender-typed activities. 
C) more highly stereotypical beliefs about males and females. 
D) greater endorsement of gender stereotypes. 
A) higher levels of gender-nonessentialist statements. 
B) greater preference for gender-typed activities. 
C) more highly stereotypical beliefs about males and females. 
D) greater endorsement of gender stereotypes.

Question 9

At approximately what age do children start to demonstrate a clear understanding that gender roles are social conventions as opposed to biological outcomes?

Accepted Answer

A) 5 
B) 7 
C) 9 
D) 11 
A) 5 
B) 7 
C) 9 
D) 11

Question 10

The distinction between genetic females and genetic males is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A) sex. 
B) gender. 
C) gender typing. 
D) gender roles. 
A) sex. 
B) gender. 
C) gender typing. 
D) gender roles.

Question 11

Which factor is NOT typical of preschoolers?

Accepted Answer

A) knowledge of gender stereotypes regarding traits associated with males and females 
B) attribution of particular play activities to males and females 
C) knowledge of gender stereotypes regarding roles associated with males and females 
D) gender constancy 
A) knowledge of gender stereotypes regarding traits associated with males and females 
B) attribution of particular play activities to males and females 
C) knowledge of gender stereotypes regarding roles associated with males and females 
D) gender constancy

Question 12

The initial evaluation of information as being personally relevant is called

Accepted Answer

A) the interest filter. 
B) gender stability. 
C) the enactive experience. 
D) observational learning. 
A) the interest filter. 
B) gender stability. 
C) the enactive experience. 
D) observational learning.

Question 13

Which theory BEST explains the perpetuation of stereotypes that have little or no basis in reality?

Accepted Answer

A) gender schema theory 
B) evolutionary theory 
C) Kohlberg's cognitive developmental theory 
D) social learning theory 
A) gender schema theory 
B) evolutionary theory 
C) Kohlberg's cognitive developmental theory 
D) social learning theory

Question 14

When researchers asked adults to watch a video of two children whose gender they could not identify and then to rate the children's level of aggression, the adults who believed that _____ rated the children as least aggressive.

Accepted Answer

A) the children were both boys 
B) the children were both girls 
C) one child was a boy and one was a girl 
D) they could not determine the sex of the children 
A) the children were both boys 
B) the children were both girls 
C) one child was a boy and one was a girl 
D) they could not determine the sex of the children

Question 15

Affiliation includes an emphasis on which quality?

Accepted Answer

A) sensitive 
B) active 
C) task-oriented 
D) influential 
A) sensitive 
B) active 
C) task-oriented 
D) influential

Question 16

Kohlberg proposed that children learn about how to behave according to their gender because

Accepted Answer

A) they actively seek out same-gender models. 
B) they are treated differently by parents and teachers based on their gender. 
C) they spend more time with members of the same sex. 
D) their brains are structured to attend more to gender-appropriate objects and activities. 
A) they actively seek out same-gender models. 
B) they are treated differently by parents and teachers based on their gender. 
C) they spend more time with members of the same sex. 
D) their brains are structured to attend more to gender-appropriate objects and activities.

Question 17

It is estimated that physical aggression occurs in approximately _____ of adolescent heterosexual dating relationships in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) 5% 
B) 10% 
C) 15% 
D) 25% 
A) 5% 
B) 10% 
C) 15% 
D) 25%

Question 18

Children who heard a story that featured a character engaging in a gender-inconsistent manner tended to

Accepted Answer

A) accurately remember the information. 
B) distort the information. 
C) accurately encode the information. 
D) process the information at a deep level. 
A) accurately remember the information. 
B) distort the information. 
C) accurately encode the information. 
D) process the information at a deep level.

Question 19

_____ is more likely among girls than among boys during adolescence.

Accepted Answer

A) Gender-role intensification 
B) Ingroup bias 
C) Gender-role flexibility 
D) Ingroup assimilation 
A) Gender-role intensification 
B) Ingroup bias 
C) Gender-role flexibility 
D) Ingroup assimilation

Question 20

Which is the LATEST milestone reached by children?

Accepted Answer

A) actively classifying people by gender 
B) forming expectations about the kinds of objects typically associated with males and females 
C) knowing to which gender group they belong 
D) recognition of gender-action mismatches (e.g., a woman shaving her face) 
A) actively classifying people by gender 
B) forming expectations about the kinds of objects typically associated with males and females 
C) knowing to which gender group they belong 
D) recognition of gender-action mismatches (e.g., a woman shaving her face)

Some researchers who take a neuroscience approach to gender differences argue that those differences stem from different

Which statement about males' and females' experience of sexual harassment is TRUE?

Which condition is associated with impeding the formation of male external genitalia, which can result in a biological male child being born with female external genitalia?

A characteristic that is NOT more likely to be a component of the norms of girls' peer groups than of the norms of boys' peer groups in middle childhood is

According to Kohlberg, which child's behaviour on a Piagetian conservation task indicates that she has likely achieved gender constancy?

The meta-analysis conducted by Else-Quest and colleagues on cultural influences in gender differences in math achievement provided support for which theory?

A sense of belonging to one's gender ingroup is termed

Greater levels of TV viewing by children are NOT likely to be associated with

At approximately what age do children start to demonstrate a clear understanding that gender roles are social conventions as opposed to biological outcomes?

The distinction between genetic females and genetic males is referred to as

Which factor is NOT typical of preschoolers?

The initial evaluation of information as being personally relevant is called

Which theory BEST explains the perpetuation of stereotypes that have little or no basis in reality?

When researchers asked adults to watch a video of two children whose gender they could not identify and then to rate the children's level of aggression, the adults who believed that _____ rated the children as least aggressive.

Affiliation includes an emphasis on which quality?

Kohlberg proposed that children learn about how to behave according to their gender because

It is estimated that physical aggression occurs in approximately _____ of adolescent heterosexual dating relationships in the United States.

Children who heard a story that featured a character engaging in a gender-inconsistent manner tended to

_____ is more likely among girls than among boys during adolescence.

Which is the LATEST milestone reached by children?

An Introduction to Child Development

Prenatal Development and the Newborn Period

Biology and Behavior

Theories of Cognitive Development

Perception, Action, and Learning in Infancy

Development of Language and Symbol Use

Conceptual Development

Intelligence and Academic Achievement

Theories of Social Development

Emotional Development

Attachment to Others and Development of Self

The Family

Peer Relationships

Moral Development

Conclusions

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Exam 15: Gender Development

Some researchers who take a neuroscience approach to gender differences argue that those differences stem from different

Which statement about males' and females' experience of sexual harassment is TRUE?

Which condition is associated with impeding the formation of male external genitalia, which can result in a biological male child being born with female external genitalia?

A characteristic that is NOT more likely to be a component of the norms of girls' peer groups than of the norms of boys' peer groups in middle childhood is

According to Kohlberg, which child's behaviour on a Piagetian conservation task indicates that she has likely achieved gender constancy?

The meta-analysis conducted by Else-Quest and colleagues on cultural influences in gender differences in math achievement provided support for which theory?

A sense of belonging to one's gender ingroup is termed

Greater levels of TV viewing by children are NOT likely to be associated with

At approximately what age do children start to demonstrate a clear understanding that gender roles are social conventions as opposed to biological outcomes?

The distinction between genetic females and genetic males is referred to as

Which factor is NOT typical of preschoolers?

The initial evaluation of information as being personally relevant is called

Which theory BEST explains the perpetuation of stereotypes that have little or no basis in reality?

When researchers asked adults to watch a video of two children whose gender they could not identify and then to rate the children's level of aggression, the adults who believed that _____ rated the children as least aggressive.

Affiliation includes an emphasis on which quality?

Kohlberg proposed that children learn about how to behave according to their gender because

It is estimated that physical aggression occurs in approximately _____ of adolescent heterosexual dating relationships in the United States.

Children who heard a story that featured a character engaging in a gender-inconsistent manner tended to

_____ is more likely among girls than among boys during adolescence.

Which is the LATEST milestone reached by children?

An Introduction to Child Development

Prenatal Development and the Newborn Period

Biology and Behavior

Theories of Cognitive Development

Perception, Action, and Learning in Infancy

Development of Language and Symbol Use

Conceptual Development

Intelligence and Academic Achievement

Theories of Social Development

Emotional Development

Attachment to Others and Development of Self

The Family

Peer Relationships

Moral Development

Conclusions

Filters