Deck 42: Gender Development II

Question 1

__________ is the practice of holding beliefs about the characteristics and behavior associated with male and female.

A) Gender stereotyping
B) Electra complex
C) Oedipus complex
D) Sex cleavage

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following terms refers to the tendency of youngsters of the same sex to play together during development?

A) Gender stereotyping
B) Oedipus complex
C) Sex cleavage
D) Sex-typed play

Answer 2

C

Question 3

As children start to make friends and play, they typically engage in activities that foster and maintain __________.

A) gender stereotyping
B) sex-typed play
C) sex cleavage
D) sex-inappropriate play

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is most likely to result in immediate criticism and isolation of a child by his or her peers?

A) Electra complex
B) Oedipus complex
C) Sex cleavage
D) Sex-inappropriate play

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT true about the way males and females are typically portrayed on television?

A) The central characters are much more likely to be female than male.
B) The theme will be action oriented for males.
C) Men are portrayed as executives and leaders.
D) Women are portrayed as secretaries and housewives.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a major influence on gender development in children?

A) Family
B) Peers
C) Media
D) Nutrition

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT an example of a gender stereotype that creates a negative image?

A) Girls can't do math.
B) Girls are always crying.
C) Girls can't do science.
D) Girls make good leaders.

Question 8

Freud's Electra complex refers to the small boy's need to separate "male self" from "female mother" and yet still retain "female" as an object of sexual desire.

Question 9

Freud's Oedipus complex refers to a little girl's desire to marry their father and get rid of their mother, and yet continue to identify with their mother's gender role.

Question 10

Freud believed that women's sense of self is based on their relationships with others, not on being separate from them.

Question 11

Parents usually are unaware of the extent to which they reinforce stereotypical sexual behavior.