Exam 13: Gender

Jason has confided in Adele that he is now sexually active,but that he is embarrassed about it.Adele immediately shares this news with her girlfriends via text.Adele has sexually harassed Jason.

There are nonbiological explanations for the sex differences accounted for by the brain lateralization hypothesis.Masculinized play activities,such as playing video games,have been demonstrated to

Give one explanation why gender stereotypes persist even though research on actual sex differences indicates that males and females often are more alike than different.

Which of the following statements regarding teacher attitudes and behavior is not true?

Three-year-old Tara knows that she is a girl and her baby brother is a boy.Tara has acquired

Jeff is eighteen years old and has recently shown a return to traditional gender stereotypes.Research suggests that older adolescents typically do this when they face decisions about their futures.Jeff's return to traditional stereotypes is called gender

By age seven,children understand that biological differences in genitalia determine their gender.This indicates knowledge of

Cross-cultural research has confirmed that children progress from

In general,_________ facilitates the development of flexibility in children's conceptions of gender roles.

One of the key themes in child development is the interaction among domains.Discuss and provide illustrations of how gender development interacts with one or more other domains of development.

Bandura has proposed that children's attention to models is influenced by the

The tendency to stereotype on the basis of sex is found

Discuss the prevalence of sexual harassment amongst high school students.

Boys and girls express differences in their feelings of math competence in ________,but these differences practically disappear by ________.

Research suggests that one reason for the decreasing gender gap in math competence between boys and girls may be due to

If you go to a schoolyard when children are at play,it is quite likely that you will notice that the girls are playing separately from the boys.This phenomenon is known as

Explain the concept of sex-typicality and how it relates to social cognitive theories of gender development.

In a cross-cultural study of gender stereotypes,Italian adults stereotypically associated "endurance" with men.

Cindy's parents share parenting and household responsibilities equally,while Allison's parents have more traditional gender-typed roles.Which of the following statements is most likely to be true,based on research comparing traditional and egalitarian families?

By about eighteen months of age,children show some knowledge of gender categories by