Life Span Human Development Chaper 12

Front 1

Which is the most common chromosome pattern for a male?

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XY

Front 2

While Charolotte is growing up she is socialized into believing that a woman should stay home and take care of the our text fefers to as a what?children while men go off to work and "bring home the bacon." This message best reflects what y

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GENDER-ROLE NORM

Front 3

Overgeneralizations about attributes for each sex are called what?

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GENDER-ROLE STEREOTYPES

Front 4

Which is the best example of an agency aspect of gender?

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DOMINANCE

Front 5

With regard to actual psychological differences between males and females, research has consistently found tat, on average what?

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MALES ARE MORE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE

Front 6

In what area of mathematics do females show a slight edge?

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GRADES IN MATH CLASS

Front 7

Which best illustrates the concept of gender segregation?

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A "GIRLS ONLY" SCOUT TROOP.

Front 8

Which two groups view violations of gender roles most negatively?

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KINDERGARDENERS AND ADOLESCENTS

Front 9

Gender intensification involves an increased what?

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INTOLERANCE OF ANY DEVIATION FROM PROSCRIBED GENDER ROLES

Front 10

A baby with an XY chromosome pattern what?

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CTERNAL AN DEVELOP THE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL SEX AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM OF EITHER SEX.

Front 11

_________ females have external genitalia that resemble those of a boy.

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ANDROGENIZED

Front 12

Boys go through a phase where they adore their mothers and resent, even fear, their fathers. Freud referred to this phase as involving a _______ complex.

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OEDIPUS

Front 13

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 what?

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OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING

Front 14

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?

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A SOCIAL LEARNING THEORIST

Front 15

According to the cognitive-development persective of gender typing, which is the most mature understanding?

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UNDERSTANDING THAT GENDER IS STABLE ACROSS SITUATIONS.

Front 16

The basic premise of gender schema theory is that children actively seek objects and / or activities that what?

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MATCH THEIR OWN-SEX SCHEMATA.

Front 17

Androgyny refers to individuals who are what?

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HIGH IN MASCULINE TRAITS AND HIGH IN FEMININE TRAITS.

Front 18

Gutmann's hypothesis regarding the " parental imperative" suggests that what?

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BECOMING PARENTS PRESSURES MALES TO BE MORE " MASCULINE" AND FEMALES TO BE MORE "FEMININE"

Front 19

Which best illustrates the underlying premise of the double stantdard?

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WHAT'S OK FOR HIM IS NOT OK FOR HER.

Front 20

Which appears to contribute most to the lack of sexual activity among old women?

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LACK OF A PARTNER

Front 21

Females have significantly superior verbal skills. T/F

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FALSE

Front 22

Gender segregation results in children having peer groups that consist of both male and female freinds. T/F

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FALSE

Front 23

Fertilized eggs (both XX and XY) have the potential to acquire the anatomical and physical features of either sex. T/F

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TRUE

Front 24

The parental imperative involves adopting the gender role of a person of the opposite sex. T/F

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FALSE

Front 25

In the United States, the double standard is on the decline. T/F

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TRUE

Front 26

Gender-role _______ are societal expectations or standards concerning what males and females are like.

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STEREOTYPES

Front 27

The _________ aspect of the masculine gender-role involves an orientation that emphasizes action and acheivement.

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AGENCY

Front 28

Gender ________ tends to occur around puberty, when hormonal changes magnify intolerance to deviation from gender-role expectations.

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INTENSIFICATION

Front 29

Freud referred to a son's sexual desire for his mother as involving ________complex.

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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.

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ANDROGNY