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30 Cards in this Set
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Which is the MOST common chromosome pattern for a male? |
XY |
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While Charlotte is growing up she is socialized into believing that a woman should stay home and take care of the children while men go off to work and "bring home the bacon." This message BEST reflects what your text refers to as a: |
gender-role norm |
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Overgeneralizations about attributes for each sex are called: |
gender-role stereotypes. |
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Which is the BEST example of an agency aspect of gender? |
dominance |
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With regard to actual psychological differences between males and females, research has consistently found that, on average: |
males are more physically active. |
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In what area of mathematics do females show a slight edge? |
grades in math class |
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which BEST illustrates the concept of gender segregation? |
a "girls only" scout troop |
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which two groups view violations of gender roles most negatively? |
kindergartners and adolescents |
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gender intensification involves an increased |
intolerance of any deviation from proscribed gender roles. |
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a baby with an XY chromosome pattern: |
can develop the internal or external sex and reproductive system of either sex. |
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____ females have external genitalia that resemble those of a boy. |
Androgenized |
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Boys go through a phase where they adore their mothers and resent, even fear, their fathers. Freud referred to this phase as involving a(n) ________ complex. |
Oedipus |
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Audrey grows up in a family in which her father provides at-home day care and her mother is a construction worker. A social learning theorist would be MOST LIKELY to explain Audrey's unusual attitudes (i.e., she loves trucks and hates dolls) in terms of: |
observational learning |
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Which type of theorist would be most likely to argue that watching videos in which males are rewarded for sexual violence would directly lead to them engaging in violent sex acts in order to be manly? |
a social learning theorist |
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according to the cognitive-developmetnal perspective of gender typing, which is the most mature understanding? |
understanding that gender is stable across situations. |
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the basic premise of gender schema theory is that children actively seek objects and/or activities that |
match their own-sex schemata |
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Androgyny refers to individuals who are: |
high in masculine traits and high in feminine traits. |
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Gutmann's hypothesis regarding the "parental imperative" suggests that: |
becoming parents pressures males to be more "masculine" and females to be more "feminine". |
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which BEST illustrates the underlying premise of the double standard? |
what's OK for him is not OK for her. |
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which appears to contribute MOST to the lack of sexual activity among old women? |
lack of a partner |
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females have significantly superior verbal skills |
false |
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Gender segregation results in children having peer groups that consist of both male and female friends. |
false |
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Fertilized eggs (both XX and XY) have the potential to acquire the anatomical and physical features of either sex. |
true |
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the parental imperative involves adopting the gender role of a person of the opposite sex |
false |
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in the United States, the double standard is on the decline |
true |
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gender-role ______ are societal expectations or standards concerning what males and females are like. |
STEREOTYPES |
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the ______ aspect of the masculine gender role involves an orientation that emphasizes action and achievement. |
AGENCY |
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gender ______ tends to occur around puberty, when hormonal changes magnify intolerance to deviation from gender-role expectations. |
INTENSIFICATION |
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Freud referred to a son's sexual desire for his mother as involving an ______ complex |
OEDIPUS |
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Jung suggested that middle-aged individuals undergo an _____ shift in which they begin to adopt some of the gender-stereotypes associated with the opposite sex. |
ANDROGYNY |