Your friend confides in you that she is worried about her 12-year-old daughter who used to want to be a doctor and now is talking about becoming a nurse and is no longer interested in taking advanced biology classes. How can you use the stages of gender-role development to help her understand her daughter's attitudes/behavior?
What will be an ideal response?
A survey of the gender-role acquisition stages should be included (Table 11.1). Her daughter is leaving
a stage where children in middle childhood exhibit the flexibility of gender concepts and entering
the stage of early adolescence characterized by gender intensification. Her daughter may, for a short time,
exhibit very traditional sex-typed attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs. It is not until middle adolescence that
career choices may be made. Her daughter may reestablish her interest in becoming a doctor.
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A concluding statement telling events that occur after the story's conclusion is called a(n) ________.
What will be an ideal response?
The grade level at which a specific written language skill is taught
A) ?is set by implicit agreement. B) ?generally exceeds the skill level of students. C) ?varies from one curriculum to another. D) ?has steadily decreased over the years.
Three of the following reflect common differences in personality. Which difference does not really reflect a difference in personality as psychologists use the term?
a. Some students are more conscientious than others about doing their homework. b. Some students learn classroom subject matter more quickly and easily than others. c. Some students get more anxious than others in new and unfamiliar situations. d. In interactions with classmates, some students tend to be kinder and more generous than other students are.
What act guarantees a free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment for students with disabilities?
a. The Free Classroom Act (FCA) b. The Federal Student Choice Act (FSCA) c. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) d. The Students With Disabilities Free Education Act (SDFEA)