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1 | | During the 1970s, many scholars worried that studies of gender differences might |
| | A) | lead to too much emphasis on correlational research. |
| | B) | reinforce gender stereotypes. |
| | C) | detract from the study of social influence. |
| | D) | increase the conflict between biological and cultural explanations of social behavior. |
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2 | | Men tend to excel as __________ leaders; women tend to excel as ___________ leaders. |
| | A) | laissez-faire; democratic |
| | B) | democratic; laissez-faire |
| | C) | transformative; task |
| | D) | task; transformative |
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3 | | Cross-cultural studies of sexual behaviors indicate that |
| | A) | males are more likely than females to initiate sexual relations. |
| | B) | males and females are equally likely to initiate sexual relations. |
| | C) | in societies where females outnumber males, females initiate sexual relations. |
| | D) | females everywhere are more likely than males to initiate sexual relations. |
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4 | | In essentially every known society, |
| | A) | there are more male than female physicians. |
| | B) | men are more verbally fluent. |
| | C) | men are socially dominant. |
| | D) | males are responsible for finding enough food to eat. |
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5 | | ____________________ is more common in boys than in girls. |
| | A) | Appendicitis |
| | B) | Depression |
| | C) | Empathy |
| | D) | Hyperactivity |
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6 | | NO noticeable difference has been found between males and females in |
| | A) | happiness. |
| | B) | reading others' emotions. |
| | C) | suicide rate. |
| | D) | frequency of smiling. |
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7 | | Evolutionary psychologists believe that knowing about __________ is the key to understanding the development of social behavior. |
| | A) | cultural norms |
| | B) | hormonal factors |
| | C) | natural selection |
| | D) | brain organization |
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8 | | Research on conversational styles indicates that |
| | A) | men and women's conversational styles vary with the social context. |
| | B) | women are more fluent than men. |
| | C) | women are more likely to use the active than passive voice. |
| | D) | men and women are from different planets. |
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9 | | A set of behavior expectations for males or females is a |
| | A) | sexual orientation. |
| | B) | sex-role preference. |
| | C) | gender assignment. |
| | D) | gender role. |
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10 | | Compared to those who expected to meet a man who liked traditional gender roles, college women who expected to meet a desirable male who liked strong, ambitious women were more likely to |
| | A) | demonstrate a confused sense of gender identity. |
| | B) | perform more intelligently on a problem-solving task. |
| | C) | demonstrate stronger ethnic prejudice. |
| | D) | perceive other women as less empathic, competent, and friendly. |
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11 | | According to the textbook, which of the following is true of biological and cultural influences? |
| | A) | Biological and cultural factors are independent of one another. |
| | B) | They are contradictory. |
| | C) | Biology and culture interact. |
| | D) | Biology is always a stronger influence than culture. |
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12 | | Research indicates that _________ are better at reading others' emotions, and __________ are better at expressing emotions nonverbally. |
| | A) | women; women |
| | B) | women; men |
| | C) | men; women |
| | D) | men; men |
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13 | | Research indicates that NO gender differences exist in |
| | A) | aggression. |
| | B) | sexual attitudes. |
| | C) | vocabulary. |
| | D) | social dominance. |
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14 | | According to the textbook, hormonal differences influence the gender gap in |
| | A) | when children begin walking. |
| | B) | vocabulary. |
| | C) | creativity. |
| | D) | aggression. |
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15 | | Ann and Andy are two college students participating in a research study on sexual attitudes. According the results described in your textbook, Andy is more likely than Ann to say |
| | A) | it's OK for people to have sex when they haven't known each other very long. |
| | B) | he thinks about sex several times a day. |
| | C) | he would enjoy having more than one sex partner during the next month. |
| | D) | all of these. |
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16 | | Critics have suggested that evolutionary psychology is characterized by |
| | A) | the base-rate fallacy. |
| | B) | counterfactual thinking. |
| | C) | hindsight bias. |
| | D) | regression toward the average. |
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17 | | The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next defines |
| | A) | social roles. |
| | B) | coevolution. |
| | C) | ingroup bias. |
| | D) | culture. |
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18 | | Evolutionary psychology has greatest difficulty explaining |
| | A) | women's and men's mate preferences. |
| | B) | the enormous cultural variation in human marriage patterns. |
| | C) | why females have greater emotion-detecting ability. |
| | D) | why males exert more sexual initiative than females do. |
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19 | | Who of the following is most clearly showing aggression, as defined in the textbook? |
| | A) | A child tries to hit an adult with a rock. |
| | B) | A motorcyclist accidentally hits a small child playing in the street. |
| | C) | An salesperson interrupts your dinner with a telephone sales pitch. |
| | D) | A doctor gives a penicillin shot to a child. |
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