Exam 15: Gender Development

An effect size is typically considered large when the overlap between one group's scores on a particular variable and another group's scores on that variable is less than _____%.

The realization that gender is invariant despite superficial changes in a person's appearance or behaviour is referred to as gender:

According to gender schema theory, which statement is NOT true?

Biosocial theory focuses on _____ and their behavioural and social consequences.

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

Boys' more frequent focus on _____ likely leads to increased aggression.

Which finding provides the clearest evidence for the hypothesis that watching TV causes stereotyping?

Which statement about parents' influences on boys' and girls' cognitive development and achievement is TRUE?

In comparison with girls, there appears to be _____variability among boys in the ways they experience closeness in friendships.

According to social cognitive theory, learning does NOT occur through:

Which statement about the intellectual skills of girls and boys is TRUE?

Gender schema theory holds that children's intrinsic motivation to acquire gender-consistent interests, values, and behaviour emerges when children:

Which factor is LEAST likely to be related to differences between girls' and boys' intellectual capabilities?

In comparison with the brains of males, the brains of females have:

Which variable is NOT a factor in the differences between girls' and boys' intellectual capabilities?

According to gender schema theory, which schema is children's first gender-related schema?

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

Evolutionary psychologists view gender differences in behaviour as stemming from:

Describe the development of children's understanding of gender discrimination. What factors are involved in this understanding? Why might children's beliefs about gender discrimination not align with their behaviour?

Research by Leaper and colleagues demonstrated that, among 7-year-olds, _____ were more frequent for girls than for boys, and _____ were more common among boys than among girls.