Question 1

According to recent research,which statement is not true about emotional differences between males and females?

Accepted Answer

A) Males show more anger towards strangers than females do. 
B) Males are more likely to show their anger through aggressive actions. 
C) Males are more likely to discuss emotions than females. 
D) Females express sadness and fear more than males. 
A) Males show more anger towards strangers than females do. 
B) Males are more likely to show their anger through aggressive actions. 
C) Males are more likely to discuss emotions than females. 
D) Females express sadness and fear more than males.

Question 2

On the playground,the play settings in which boys teach one another the required masculine behaviour and girls teach one another feminine behaviour is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A) "gender school." 
B) "gender pressure." 
C) "peer negotiations." 
D) "friend gendering" 
A) "gender school." 
B) "gender pressure." 
C) "peer negotiations." 
D) "friend gendering"

Question 3

___________________________ emphasize that evolutionary adaptations produced psychological sex differences.They argue that women and men faced different evolutionary pressures in primeval environments when the human species was evolving.

Accepted Answer

A) Developmentalists 
B) Evolutionary psychologists 
C) Feminists 
D) Historians 
A) Developmentalists 
B) Evolutionary psychologists 
C) Feminists 
D) Historians

Question 4

A mental organizational plan that categorizes behaviours on the basis of "male" or "female" is called a(n)_________ schema.

Accepted Answer

A) sex 
B) gender 
C) identity 
D) androgyny 
A) sex 
B) gender 
C) identity 
D) androgyny

Question 5

Who developed a theory of gender development based on children identifying with the same sex parent?

Accepted Answer

A) Bem 
B) Freud 
C) Kohlberg 
D) Goldberg 
A) Bem 
B) Freud 
C) Kohlberg 
D) Goldberg

Question 6

Rapport talk is to report talk as

Accepted Answer

A) males are to females. 
B) females are to males. 
C) the previous generation is to the current generation. 
D) elderly males are to elderly females. 
A) males are to females. 
B) females are to males. 
C) the previous generation is to the current generation. 
D) elderly males are to elderly females.

Question 7

Which of the following does not belong?

Accepted Answer

A) XX 
B) female 
C) estrogen 
D) hermaphrodite 
A) XX 
B) female 
C) estrogen 
D) hermaphrodite

Question 8

A statistical analysis that combines the results of many different studies is called a

Accepted Answer

A) meta-connection. 
B) meta-cognition. 
C) meta-analysis. 
D) meta-addition. 
A) meta-connection. 
B) meta-cognition. 
C) meta-analysis. 
D) meta-addition.

Question 9

Critics of the evolutionary psychology view argue that

Accepted Answer

A) humans do not have the decision-making abilities to change their gender behaviour and therefore are locked into the evolutionary past. 
B) humans have the decision-making abilities to change their gender behaviour and therefore are not locked into the evolutionary past. 
C) the evolutionary view pays little attention to cultural and individual variations in gender differences. 
D) although humans have the decision-making abilities to change their gender behaviour, and not be locked into the evolutionary past, the evolutionary view pays little attention to cultural and individual variations in gender differences. 
A) humans do not have the decision-making abilities to change their gender behaviour and therefore are locked into the evolutionary past. 
B) humans have the decision-making abilities to change their gender behaviour and therefore are not locked into the evolutionary past. 
C) the evolutionary view pays little attention to cultural and individual variations in gender differences. 
D) although humans have the decision-making abilities to change their gender behaviour, and not be locked into the evolutionary past, the evolutionary view pays little attention to cultural and individual variations in gender differences.

Question 10

In a recent investigation,women and men who lived in more highly developed countries perceived themselves as being _________________ to each other than did women and men who lived in less-developed countries.

Accepted Answer

A) more dissimilar 
B) somewhat dissimilar 
C) more similar 
D) very similar 
A) more dissimilar 
B) somewhat dissimilar 
C) more similar 
D) very similar

Question 11

__________________________ is a cognitive structure,or network of associations,that organizes and guides a child's perceptions.

Accepted Answer

A) Schema 
B) Cognition 
C) Identity 
D) Influence 
A) Schema 
B) Cognition 
C) Identity 
D) Influence

Question 12

_____________________ is present in a small number of newborns,which in boys involves a missing penis.In the past doctors recommended that children with this defect be,for the most part,raised as girls.

Accepted Answer

A) Androgen insensitivity 
B) Pelvic field defect 
C) Congenital adrenal hyperplasia 
D) None of these. 
A) Androgen insensitivity 
B) Pelvic field defect 
C) Congenital adrenal hyperplasia 
D) None of these.

Question 13

When do children begin to engage in gender stereotyping?

Accepted Answer

Research shows stere

Question 14

___________________________ is the view that when an individual's competence is at issue,it should be conceptualized on a personal basis,rather than on the basis of masculinity,femininity,or androgyny.

Accepted Answer

A) Gender identity 
B) Gender constancy 
C) Gender-role transcendence 
D) Gender stereotyping 
A) Gender identity 
B) Gender constancy 
C) Gender-role transcendence 
D) Gender stereotyping

Question 15

If you believe that gender and sexual behaviour are unlearned and instinctual,your belief most closely resembles the views of

Accepted Answer

A) Freud. 
B) Piaget. 
C) Kohlberg. 
D) Gilligan. 
A) Freud. 
B) Piaget. 
C) Kohlberg. 
D) Gilligan.

Question 16

Recent research has shown that infants are aware of their own gender as early as ________ months.

Accepted Answer

A) 12 to 14 
B) 14 to 16 
C) 17 to 19 
D) 30 
A) 12 to 14 
B) 14 to 16 
C) 17 to 19 
D) 30

Question 17

William Pollack identified a "national crisis of boyhood" that he called

Accepted Answer

A) boy aggression. 
B) boy toys. 
C) the bad boy look. 
D) the boy code. 
A) boy aggression. 
B) boy toys. 
C) the bad boy look. 
D) the boy code.

Question 18

According to a UNICEF analysis of education around the world,by age 18

Accepted Answer

A) boys have received, on average, 4.4 years less education than girls have. 
B) boys and girls have received, on average, a comparable education. 
C) girls have been found, on average, to have higher rates of school completion than boys. 
D) girls have received, on average, 4.4 years less education than boys have. 
A) boys have received, on average, 4.4 years less education than girls have. 
B) boys and girls have received, on average, a comparable education. 
C) girls have been found, on average, to have higher rates of school completion than boys. 
D) girls have received, on average, 4.4 years less education than boys have.

Question 19

Which one of the following statements is not a concern when studying the research on differences between the sexes?

Accepted Answer

A) The differences are average¾not every female versus every male. 
B) Even when differences are reported, there is considerable overlap between the sexes. 
C) When differences are reported, there will not be any overlap. 
D) The differences may be due primarily to biological factors, sociocultural factors, or both. 
A) The differences are average¾not every female versus every male. 
B) Even when differences are reported, there is considerable overlap between the sexes. 
C) When differences are reported, there will not be any overlap. 
D) The differences may be due primarily to biological factors, sociocultural factors, or both.

Question 20

In Gelman,Taylor,and Nguyen's study on gender stereotyping,they found that it was present even at e _______ year(s)of age and shows its first major increase by the time the child is __________ years of age.

Accepted Answer

A) 1; 2 
B) 2; 7 
C) 2; 4 
D) 5; 9 
A) 1; 2 
B) 2; 7 
C) 2; 4 
D) 5; 9

According to recent research,which statement is not true about emotional differences between males and females?

On the playground,the play settings in which boys teach one another the required masculine behaviour and girls teach one another feminine behaviour is referred to as

___________________________ emphasize that evolutionary adaptations produced psychological sex differences.They argue that women and men faced different evolutionary pressures in primeval environments when the human species was evolving.

A mental organizational plan that categorizes behaviours on the basis of "male" or "female" is called a(n)_________ schema.

Who developed a theory of gender development based on children identifying with the same sex parent?

Rapport talk is to report talk as

Which of the following does not belong?

A statistical analysis that combines the results of many different studies is called a

Critics of the evolutionary psychology view argue that

In a recent investigation,women and men who lived in more highly developed countries perceived themselves as being _________________ to each other than did women and men who lived in less-developed countries.

__________________________ is a cognitive structure,or network of associations,that organizes and guides a child's perceptions.

_____________________ is present in a small number of newborns,which in boys involves a missing penis.In the past doctors recommended that children with this defect be,for the most part,raised as girls.

When do children begin to engage in gender stereotyping?

___________________________ is the view that when an individual's competence is at issue,it should be conceptualized on a personal basis,rather than on the basis of masculinity,femininity,or androgyny.

If you believe that gender and sexual behaviour are unlearned and instinctual,your belief most closely resembles the views of

Recent research has shown that infants are aware of their own gender as early as ________ months.

William Pollack identified a "national crisis of boyhood" that he called

According to a UNICEF analysis of education around the world,by age 18

Which one of the following statements is not a concern when studying the research on differences between the sexes?

In Gelman,Taylor,and Nguyen's study on gender stereotyping,they found that it was present even at e _ year(s)of age and shows its first major increase by the time the child is ____ years of age.

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Prenatal Development and Birth

Physical Development and Health

Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development

Cognitive Developmental Approaches

Information Processing

Intelligence

Language Development

Emotional Development

The Self and Identity

Moral Development

Families

Peers

Schools and Technology

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Exam 12: Gender

According to recent research,which statement is not true about emotional differences between males and females?

On the playground,the play settings in which boys teach one another the required masculine behaviour and girls teach one another feminine behaviour is referred to as

___________________________ emphasize that evolutionary adaptations produced psychological sex differences.They argue that women and men faced different evolutionary pressures in primeval environments when the human species was evolving.

A mental organizational plan that categorizes behaviours on the basis of "male" or "female" is called a(n)_________ schema.

Who developed a theory of gender development based on children identifying with the same sex parent?

Rapport talk is to report talk as

Which of the following does not belong?

A statistical analysis that combines the results of many different studies is called a

Critics of the evolutionary psychology view argue that

In a recent investigation,women and men who lived in more highly developed countries perceived themselves as being _________________ to each other than did women and men who lived in less-developed countries.

__________________________ is a cognitive structure,or network of associations,that organizes and guides a child's perceptions.

_____________________ is present in a small number of newborns,which in boys involves a missing penis.In the past doctors recommended that children with this defect be,for the most part,raised as girls.

When do children begin to engage in gender stereotyping?

___________________________ is the view that when an individual's competence is at issue,it should be conceptualized on a personal basis,rather than on the basis of masculinity,femininity,or androgyny.

If you believe that gender and sexual behaviour are unlearned and instinctual,your belief most closely resembles the views of

Recent research has shown that infants are aware of their own gender as early as ________ months.

William Pollack identified a "national crisis of boyhood" that he called

According to a UNICEF analysis of education around the world,by age 18

Which one of the following statements is not a concern when studying the research on differences between the sexes?

In Gelman,Taylor,and Nguyen's study on gender stereotyping,they found that it was present even at e _______ year(s)of age and shows its first major increase by the time the child is __________ years of age.

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Prenatal Development and Birth

Physical Development and Health

Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development

Cognitive Developmental Approaches

Information Processing

Intelligence

Language Development

Emotional Development

The Self and Identity

Moral Development

Families

Peers

Schools and Technology

Filters

In Gelman,Taylor,and Nguyen's study on gender stereotyping,they found that it was present even at e _ year(s)of age and shows its first major increase by the time the child is ____ years of age.