Children's cognitive understanding of gender developsin three steps. Present these three, define
each, and state the ages at which the understanding emerges.
What will be an ideal response?
1. gender identity – child labels themselves as a boy or girl and can correctly identify others as males
or females; emerges at 2 for self labeling, at 2 ½ to3 for correct labeling of others. 2. gender stability
– understanding that one's gender is a life-long characteristic; emerges around 4.
3. true gender constancy – a person's gender remains the same even if external characteristics such as
hair length or clothing are changed; emerges with conservation around age 5/6.
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The perspective that looks at human thinking and compares it by analogy to computer processing and analysis is
cognitive. psychoanalytic. evolutionary. information processing.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Mickler and Staudinger (2008) found that age was a more important predictor in the development of personal wisdom than of general wisdom
A developmentalist who works from Carol Gilligan's model would recognize and emphasize the value of a 9-year-old girl emphasizing the value of _______________________ when making a decision.
A. preserving a meaningful relationship with another B. correcting another's misinformation C. attending to rules rather than feelings D. making quick evaluations
The direct pathway between the basal ganglia and the motor cortex is __________ for motor movement, whereas the overall effect of the indirect pathway is __________.
A. excitatory; inhibitory B. inhibitory; excitatory C. excitatory; excitatory D. inhibitory; inhibitory