Jeanette has developed a concept of what it means to be a girl. She now pays particular attention to other girls around her and organizes her behavior in that manner
According to your text, Jeanette's behavior is best explained by the ______ theory of gender development.
a. psychoanalytic
b. gender schema
c. social learning
d. social cognitive
b
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
In Piaget's transitive inference task, children were asked to make a logical inference about a(n) __________ dimension.
A. unspecified B. qualitative C. specified D. quantitative
According to the Monitoring the Future study, low-income black and Hispanic students spent longer hours working outside school than higher-income white and Asian American students, yet were less likely than the latter to show negative outcomes such as substance use and declining grades. Interviews with the students indicated a possible reason for this finding, which is that the low-income students __________.
A. typically seek to earn spending money rather than helping out their families B. were more likely to view both job and school as part of their long-term goals, such as saving money to go to college C. were less mature and hence less likely to get into trouble on the job D. were less able to balance work hours with schoolwork
Which of the following is not one of the stages of prenatal development?
A) The amniotic stage B) The germinal stage C) The embryonic stage D) The fetal stage