Describe three lines of research evidence that illustrate the increasing sexualization of girls
What will be an ideal response?
Exposure to “barely legal” pornography increases the association between viewing images of children and having faster response times to sexual words.
Archival studies of Rolling Stone magazine demonstrated an increase in the hypersexualization of women on the magazine covers over a multidecade period.
Content analyses of family films between 2006 and 2011 showed that teen girls were sexualized more often than teen boys, and were likely to be shown in sexy clothing or partially nude.
Female characters in video games are depicted in sexually revealing clothing more often than are male characters.
Six- to nine-year-old girls identify and prefer sexualized images of paper dolls as demonstrating both popularity and their own self-ideals.
Content analyses of Seventeen and Girls’ Life magazines found increasingly sexualized images of girls over the past several decades.
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a. the better controlled studies are most likely to show evidence of mood swings. b. the research is now relatively easy to conduct, because psychologists have developed an appropriate definition for the premenstrual syndrome. c. evidence for mood swings has been demonstrated only for women who are under the age of 25. d. many studies find no clear-cut evidence for mood swings.
The ____ approach studies how our genes, hormones, and nervous system interact with the environment to influence behavior and mental processes
a. biological c. behavioral b. cognitive d. psychoanalytic
Which of the following is an advantage that the structured interview has over the unstructured interview?
A. Structured interviews generally require a great deal of skill and expertise to administer. B. The structured interview is a systematic approach that is less subject to variations from clinician to clinician. C. Structured interviews allow clinicians to alter questions to fit their clients' situations. D. The administration of structured interviews requires extensive training.
In order to overcome a common fear, self-directed desensitization would include
a. using the tension-release method and constructing a hierarchy of fears. b. using thought stopping and covert reinforcement. c. REBT and DBS. d. an analysis of resistance and transference.