In some times in some societies, girls were (and sometimes still are) given clitoridectomies (genital mutilations) in order to prevent their "insatiable and shameful" sexual drives. This suggests that current American views (and studies) showing men with greater sex drives are likely the result of
A) androgyny.
B) repressed penis envy.
C) culture-specific gender stereotypes.
D) Madonna repression syndrome.
Answer: C) culture-specific gender stereotypes.
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According to the developmental pathways model,
a. psychological disorders are best characterized as diseases. b. once a person's behavior deviates from the normal path, it will not return to normal. c. normal genes and normal environments tend to push development along a normal course. d. with age, individuals whose early development is maladaptive will almost always show deviation back to the norm.
The current American Psychiatric Association text used to diagnose psychological disorders is known by the abbreviation _____
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Imagine that you have a bag filled with 10 pink marbles and 5 black marbles. What is the probability of pulling a pink marble from the bag?
a. 0.25 b. 0.33 c. 0.50 d. 0.67
Behavioral and cognitive tendencies that are learned and expressed by evaluating particular people, places, or things with favor or disfavor are known as
a. elaborations. c. eustress. b. attitudes. d. values.