Your textbook discusses the difference between the words sex and gender. Which of the following differences is correct?

a. Gender refers to animals, whereas sex refers to humans.
b. Gender refers to children, whereas sex refers to adolescents and adults.
c. Gender is a narrower term than sex.
d. Gender refers to psychological characteristics, whereas sex emphasizes biological characteristics.


D

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What will be an ideal response

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Freud coined the term to refer to the release of emotional tension

A) ?aggression B) ?implosion C) ?frustration D) ?catharsis

Psychology