Exam 13: Gender, Genes, and Culture

reported that _______ tend to gravitate toward jobs that enhance inequalities,such as a prosecuting attorney.

The term gender role refers to

A very strong cultural norm dictates that males should be taller than their female mates.This height norm is cited in your text as evidence that

_______ are more likely to favor conservative political candidates.

In your opinion,what are the most important gender differences described in the textbook? Why?

Evolutionary psychologists respond to their critics by saying that

Research on possible hormonal influences on aggression has indicated that

In physiological and subjective responses to sexual stimuli,

During a conversation,men are more likely than women to do all of the following EXCEPT

Higher than normal levels of testosterone have been found in

In the mid 1960s,married women in the United States devoted 7 times as many hours to housework as did their husbands,yet in the mid 1990s,this figure was down to 2 times as many hours.This pattern reflects how gender roles

According to the text,what term best describes the relationship between biology and culture?

Research has found that _______ are generally superior at decoding others' emotional messages.

Being a student of social psychology,you can predict with reasonable accuracy that _______ are more likely to contribute to charitable organizations.

When men and women want empathy and understanding,they are most likely to turn to a

According to the text,_______ are more likely to describe themselves as having empathy.

,an international survey indicated that more _______ than _______ wanted more than one sexual partner in the next month.

In psychology,the characteristics by which people define male and female,whether biologically or socially influenced,is referred to as

Your mother has commented on how little time your older sister,who recently married,spends on housework,as compared to what she herself used to spend when she was a newlywed.Your mother's comment reflects how gender roles

found that teen males reported _______ as most important if left alone in a room with a teen female.