By about eighteen months of age, children show some knowledge of gender categories by
a. preferring to spend time with a member of the same sex.
b. matching male and female faces with their appropriate voices.
c. preferring to spend time with a member of the opposite sex.
d. matching sex-differentiated toys with male and female voices.
B
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While theories are most closely associated with the scientific goal of ____, hypotheses are most closely associated with the goal of ____
a. application; description b. description; application c. understanding; prediction d. prediction; understanding
Prejudice and discrimination based on a person's gender, or institutional and cultural practices that promote the domination of one gender (typically men) over another, are most accurately termed
a. sexism. b. implicit sexism. c. hostile sexism. d. ambivalent sexism.
Sixteen-year-old Enzo is involved in many activities at school, plays sports, and gets good grades. His parents report that he has been this way since he was little. Enzo reports having confidence in himself and his abilities. Conseequently, he tends to set higher and higher goals for himself and works diligently to achieve them. Enzo likely has:
A) a low degree of self-efficacy. B) an external locus of control. C) grown up with conditions of worth. D) a high degree of self-efficacy.
George is partially colorblind yet his sister is not, but her sons are partially colorblind. These family traits are best described by which of the following statements?
a. Partial color blindness occurs only in men. b. The gene responsible for partial color blindness has nothing to do with gender. c. George's and his sister's eye color chromosomes are different. d. Partial color blindness is a sex-linked trait that affects mostly males.