Question 1

Charmaine invited her entire first-grade class to her birthday party.During the party,all the boys played together and all the girls played together.This group pattern of behavior is called

Accepted Answer

A)  gender-schematic behavior. 
B)  cross-gender behavior. 
C)  sex discrimination. 
D)  sex segregation.

Question 2

_________ theory stresses the importance of the acquisition of gender identity and children's intrinsic motivations to behave in a gender-typical manner,focusing on the influence of children's active construction of gender knowledge on their behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)  Gender schema 
B)  Cognitive-developmental 
C)  Social cognitive 
D)  Psychosocial

Question 3

What is self-socialization,and how does it relate to Kohlberg's cognitive developmental theory of gender development?

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Question 4

Billy was shown pictures of a boy in a dress,a girl baking cookies,and a boy playing with a doll.Assuming that Billy is gender schematic,which of the following statements is true if Billy is asked about the pictures a week later?

Accepted Answer

A)  Billy is likely to remember seeing a picture of a girl playing with a doll. 
B)  Billy will remember the two pictures of the boys better. 
C)  Billy will remember the details of all three pictures equally well. 
D)  Billy will remember only the picture of the boy in a dress.

Question 5

Females are more likely than males to be miscarried,die in infancy,or develop a hereditary disease.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Children's reports of how they would respond to cross-gender behaviors in their peers went as far as to include physical abuse.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Henry thinks that if he wears a skirt and a barrette and plays with a doll he will become a girl.Henry has not yet acquired

Accepted Answer

A)  gender constancy. 
B)  gender identity. 
C)  gender stability. 
D)  gender typicality.

Question 8

Twelve-year-old Christopher is more likely than seven-year-old Jennifer to say that both males and females can possess certain traits.This is because

Accepted Answer

A)  younger children insist that personality traits must be mutually exclusive. 
B)  older children are more flexible in their gender-stereotyping of traits. 
C)  younger girls insist that personality traits must be mutually exclusive. 
D)  older children recognize that personality traits are mutually exclusive according to gender.

Question 9

In general,children are likely to engage in sex-typical behaviors in response to _________ reinforcement and to terminate behaviors their _________ punish.

Accepted Answer

A)  parental;parents 
B)  parental;peers 
C)  peer;peers 
D)  peer;parents

Question 10

_________ begins to break down as children enter adolescence and begin to think about dating.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cross-gender behavior 
B)  Sex discrimination 
C)  Gender separation 
D)  Sex segregation

Question 11

Compare Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental theory of gender development to gender schema theory.Include a discussion of the important elements of each theory and the research findings that support or refute them.

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Question 12

Preschoolers have been shown to associate specific behaviors and future roles with each sex.In fact,by two-years of age children will look longer at images of women _________ and men _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  putting on earrings;putting on cuff links 
B)  putting on neckties;putting on lipstick 
C)  who are doctors;who are lawyers 
D)  who are poor;who are rich

Question 13

Meta-analyses indicate that sex differences in aggression are greatest in adolescents.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Aggression that takes the form of gossip or psychological manipulation is called

Accepted Answer

A)  mental aggression. 
B)  emotional aggression. 
C)  indirect aggression. 
D)  feminine aggression.

Question 15

________ is the process by which individuals acquire the characteristics and behaviors prescribed for their sex by their culture.

Accepted Answer

A)  Karyotyping 
B)  Gender-role development 
C)  Sexual identity 
D)  Gender constancy

Question 16

What effects in gender-role development result from maternal employment?

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Question 17

The only notable sex difference in cognitive skills observed in recent studies is in ________ abilities.

Accepted Answer

A)  computational 
B)  problem-solving 
C)  visual-spatial 
D)  verbal

Question 18

Which of the following is not true regarding the influence of parental behaviors upon gender development?

Accepted Answer

A)  Parents tend to respond more positively to problem-solving behaviors in their sons. 
B)  Adults play more roughly with male babies than they do with female babies. 
C)  Fathers tend to reward their male and female children for their assertiveness. 
D)  Boys are given greater opportunities to explore their environments than girls are.

Question 19

The differences in enacting gender stereotypes are greater in ________ than in ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  boys;girls 
B)  girls;boys 
C)  younger children;older children 
D)  older children;younger children

Question 20

Explain the qualities associated with masculine and feminine gender stereotypes.

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Exam 13: Gender

Charmaine invited her entire first-grade class to her birthday party.During the party,all the boys played together and all the girls played together.This group pattern of behavior is called

_________ theory stresses the importance of the acquisition of gender identity and children's intrinsic motivations to behave in a gender-typical manner,focusing on the influence of children's active construction of gender knowledge on their behavior.

What is self-socialization,and how does it relate to Kohlberg's cognitive developmental theory of gender development?

Billy was shown pictures of a boy in a dress,a girl baking cookies,and a boy playing with a doll.Assuming that Billy is gender schematic,which of the following statements is true if Billy is asked about the pictures a week later?

Females are more likely than males to be miscarried,die in infancy,or develop a hereditary disease.

Children's reports of how they would respond to cross-gender behaviors in their peers went as far as to include physical abuse.

Henry thinks that if he wears a skirt and a barrette and plays with a doll he will become a girl.Henry has not yet acquired

Twelve-year-old Christopher is more likely than seven-year-old Jennifer to say that both males and females can possess certain traits.This is because

In general,children are likely to engage in sex-typical behaviors in response to _ reinforcement and to terminate behaviors their _ punish.

_________ begins to break down as children enter adolescence and begin to think about dating.

Compare Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental theory of gender development to gender schema theory.Include a discussion of the important elements of each theory and the research findings that support or refute them.

Preschoolers have been shown to associate specific behaviors and future roles with each sex.In fact,by two-years of age children will look longer at images of women _ and men _.

Meta-analyses indicate that sex differences in aggression are greatest in adolescents.

Aggression that takes the form of gossip or psychological manipulation is called

________ is the process by which individuals acquire the characteristics and behaviors prescribed for their sex by their culture.

What effects in gender-role development result from maternal employment?

The only notable sex difference in cognitive skills observed in recent studies is in ________ abilities.

Which of the following is not true regarding the influence of parental behaviors upon gender development?

The differences in enacting gender stereotypes are greater in than in .

Explain the qualities associated with masculine and feminine gender stereotypes.