QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What refers to the characteristics of people as males and females? - CORRECT
ANSWER gender
A gender what is a set of expectations that prescribes how females or males should think, act
or feel? - CORRECT ANSWER role
Compared to men, women have about how much more body fat? - CORRECT
ANSWER twice
What is true regarding the features of the brain in women and men? - CORRECT
ANSWER female brain has more folds and more surface tissue
female brains are a little smaller than males
Gender expert Janet Shibley Hyde believes that cognitive differences between males and
females and males have been what? - CORRECT ANSWER exaggerated
recent research into gender differences in math ability has found that in the US: - CORRECT
ANSWER there are no significant differences between math score of men and women
According to Women in Academia, men attended college after high school at a rate what
percent while women attended at a rate of what percent? - CORRECT ANSWER 62;76
When compared to their male counterparts relative to school, females are more likely to -
CORRECT ANSWER -be engaged in academic material
-retain more positive attitudes about school
-put forth more academic effort
,Girls are usually more what (physically/verbally) aggressive than boys? - CORRECT
ANSWER verbally
Dr. Johnson is interested in behaviors in adolescents that involve trying to make others dislike
another by spreading malicious rumors about then. She is interested in the research area of
____ aggression which occurs more among ___. - CORRECT ANSWER relational;
girls
10-year old Alexis and her friend chloe have been spreading untrue rumors around school
about their classmate Ginger bc they were offended when Ginger declined to join their group.
This is an example of what type of aggression? - CORRECT ANSWER relational
According to deborah Tannen, girls enjoy conversation that is relationship oriented referred to
as ___ ____. - CORRECT ANSWER rapport talk
According to Deborah Tannen's work, communication style impacts play between boys and
girls in the following ways: - CORRECT ANSWER
Research has revealed what gender differences in general intellectual ability? - CORRECT
ANSWER NO
compared to boys and their play groups, girls tend to what? - CORRECT
ANSWER play in small groups
Researchers have found that girls are more ____ oriented while boys are more ___ oriented. -
CORRECT ANSWER people; things
Which gender views itself as more prosocial and empathic? - CORRECT
ANSWER females
True or false: boys tend to show less self-regulation than girls and this low self-control can
translate into behavior problems - CORRECT ANSWER true
, Recent research concludes gender differences in adolescence are quite large/small -
CORRECT ANSWER small
In a few cultures where both girls and boys regularly care for youngr siblings, boys and girls
are ___ in their tendencies to nurture - CORRECT ANSWER similar
Males are more likely to show anger toward ___ especially other males when they think
they've been challenged - CORRECT ANSWER strangers
According to social role theory which of the following are important causes of gender
differences in power, assertiveness and nurturing? - CORRECT ANSWER division of
labor, social heirarchy
Many parents believe math is more important to their ___ futures than to their _____ future. -
CORRECT ANSWER sons; daughters
The ___ approach argues that children and adolescent's gender development occurs though
observation and imitation and through the rewards and punishments they experience for
gender-relevant behavior. - CORRECT ANSWER social cognitive
In one study regarding the influence on gender socialization, younger siblings became ___
similar to their older siblings in terms of roles and leisure activity. - CORRECT
ANSWER more
Who provide the first models of gender behavior who serve as the role models for gender
behavior> - CORRECT ANSWER parent; peers
Adolescent peer groups are more likely - CORRECT ANSWER - spend 75% of the
time with the same gender
-to be a mix of boys and girls compared to childhood