Compare and contrast the self-esteem of males and females during adolescence and emerging adulthood.
What will be an ideal response?
In general, self-esteem decreases in adolescence and increases in the twenties. At most ages, males report higher self-esteem than do females. Girls tend to have lower-self-esteem in early adolescence, perhaps due to negative body image issues associated with puberty. Girls also focus more on social relationships than boys, and low self-esteem can result when they perceive that society is not rewarding that interest. A recent study showed that, as females went through emerging adulthood (18 to 25 years of age), the self-esteem gap with males decreased.
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a) Electrical Encoded Graph. b) encoded encephalogram. c) electroencephalogram. d) electro energy gram.
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Fill in the blank with correct word
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A. openness B. extroversion C. conscientiousness D. agreeableness
Gender role nonconformity is
a. an accurate predictor of sexual orientation b. an accurate predictor of sexual orientation in women, but not men c. a better predictor of sexual orientation in men than in women d. almost always a poor predictor of sexual orientation