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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.
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
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.
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.
5
____________________ is more common in boys than in girls.
A)Appendicitis
B)Depression
C)Empathy
D)Hyperactivity
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
13
Research indicates that NO gender differences exist in
A)aggression.
B)sexual attitudes.
C)vocabulary.
D)social dominance.
14
According to the textbook, hormonal differences influence the gender gap in
A)when children begin walking.
B)vocabulary.
C)creativity.
D)aggression.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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