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_________ refers to a set of expectations about sex-appropriate behavior. |
| | A) | Stereotype |
| | B) | Gender role |
| | C) | Gender intensification |
| | D) | Sexism |
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According to Udry, which of the following has the greatest impact on sexual activity for adolescent girls? |
| | A) | Levels of the hormone estrogen |
| | B) | Levels of the hormone androgen |
| | C) | The type of friends they affiliated with |
| | D) | The SES of their family |
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According to Freud and Erikson, this is a largest single factor regarding gender behavior of adolescents. |
| | A) | temperament |
| | B) | religion |
| | C) | attitudes of the parents |
| | D) | genitals they are born with |
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Erik Erickson and Sigmund Freud believed that the differences between males and females |
| | A) | was the result of females' ability and males' inability to articulate their feelings. |
| | B) | resulted from prenatal hormonal influences. |
| | C) | resulted from anatomical differences. |
| | D) | were gender stereotypes rather than gender differences. |
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An adolescent mother can reduce the sex-role stereotypes of her children by |
| | A) | dressing them all the same. |
| | B) | withholding praise for their physical appearance. |
| | C) | holding a job outside the home. |
| | D) | divorcing their father. |
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According to contemporary views of evolutionary psychology, which of the following is NOT an evolved disposition of men? |
| | A) | Violence |
| | B) | Competition |
| | C) | Risk taking |
| | D) | Compassion |
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On the playground, girls teach girls and boys teach boys about their gender behaviors. This is known as |
| | A) | gender socialization. |
| | B) | gender intensification. |
| | C) | peer socialization. |
| | D) | peer generalization. |
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Sadker and Sadker (1994) noted that in some ways both boys and girls might not receive a fair education. Which is NOT one of their listed concerns? |
| | A) | Girl's learning problems are not identified as often as boys' learning problems. |
| | B) | Boys are given the lion's share of attention in school. |
| | C) | Pressure to achieve is more likely to be heaped on boys than on girls. |
| | D) | More girls than boys come from families living in poverty. |
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School curriculum planners decide in which grades algebra, history, and science are to be taught. These decisions are based mainly upon the |
| | A) | cognitive developmental norms for children. |
| | B) | social-emotional developmental norms for children. |
| | C) | developmental norms for males. |
| | D) | developmental norms for females. |
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Adolescent females watching television are likely to find |
| | A) | fewer role models than their brothers will. |
| | B) | accurate representations of women's roles. |
| | C) | important lessons on managing relationships. |
| | D) | little to identify with in terms of sexual intimacy. |
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A boy recognizes that he is a male and then starts doing "male" things. This description is consistent with the _____ theory of gender. |
| | A) | socialization |
| | B) | genderization |
| | C) | cognitive-developmental |
| | D) | intensification |
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Television directed at adolescents might be the most extreme in its portrayal of |
| | A) | violence. |
| | B) | sexual behavior. |
| | C) | teenage girls. |
| | D) | teenage boys. |
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According to Kohlberg, the main changes in gender development occur |
| | A) | in infancy. |
| | B) | in adolescence. |
| | C) | in childhood. |
| | D) | as young adults. |
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Gender schema theory predicts that adolescents are drawn to sources of information that enable them to |
| | A) | conform to stereotypes. |
| | B) | learn about sexuality. |
| | C) | learn about relationships. |
| | D) | think idealistically. |
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On which of the following tasks is an adolescent girl likely to outperform an adolescent boy? |
| | A) | Spelling the word commitment |
| | B) | Calculating the area of a triangle |
| | C) | Selecting a picture from among six others than matches a standard |
| | D) | Finding a hidden object in a picture |
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Pat gets embarrassed when making a mistake in public and experiences episodes of jealousy and passion. What gender is Pat likely to be? |
| | A) | Male |
| | B) | Female |
| | C) | Equally likely to be male or female |
| | D) | There is no research on which to base an answer. |
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According to the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, an adolescent is androgynous if she scores |
| | A) | high on masculinity and high on femininity. |
| | B) | high on masculinity and low on femininity. |
| | C) | low on femininity and low on masculinity. |
| | D) | half-way between masculinity and femininity. |
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The concept of _____ involves the notion that an individual's competence should not be conceptualized along the lines of gender orientation, but rather, the emphasis should be on the individual. |
| | A) | gender-neutrality |
| | B) | humanism |
| | C) | gender-role transcendence |
| | D) | critical feminism |
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The gender intensification hypothesis indicates that behavioral differences between males and females become greater during adolescence as a result of |
| | A) | hormones. |
| | B) | pressures to conform to stereotypes. |
| | C) | television commercials. |
| | D) | the development of a new schema. |
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The concept of ____ refers to the fact that the amount, timing, and intensity of gender socialization are different for girls and boys. |
| | A) | gender intensification |
| | B) | asymmetric gender socialization |
| | C) | gender role transcendence |
| | D) | sex difference |
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According to Tannen, which of the following is NOT an example of 'report talk'? |
| | A) | Joking |
| | B) | Storytelling |
| | C) | Lecturing |
| | D) | Relationship oriented conversation |
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According to Tannen, which of the following is an example of 'rapport talk'? |
| | A) | Joking |
| | B) | Story telling |
| | C) | Lecturing |
| | D) | Relationship oriented conversation |
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Carol Gilligan has suggested that girls |
| | A) | are better than boys. |
| | B) | are equal to boys. |
| | C) | are different than boys. |
| | D) | are none of the above. |
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According to many studies, adolescent girls are likely to suffer from declines in |
| | A) | intelligence. |
| | B) | self-esteem. |
| | C) | verbal fluency. |
| | D) | social skills. |
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