Students from a fourth-grade classroom in Canada were asked which of the following occupations were jobs men work in. Which of the following would be an occupation these students would name?

a. librarian
b. astronomer
c. nurse
d. supermarket clerk


B. In modern developed countries, children's gender attitudes and behavior become more stereotyped in middle childhood. Astronomers are scientists and many students at this age would view this as a male occupation.

Psychology

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The second of Freud's stages of psychosexual development is called the:

A. anal stage B. oral stage C. genital stage D. undifferentiated stage

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_____ is the study of how the immune system responds to psychological variables, such as the presence of stressors.

A) Health psychology B) Psychoneuroimmunology C) Neuropsychology D) Psychiatric immunology

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a. false self and ideal self. b. the ideal self and the feared self. c. the concrete self and the abstract self. d. actual self and the ideal self.

Psychology