In our culture, males are encouraged to be strong, fast, aggressive, dominant, and achieving, while females are expected to be sensitive, intuitive, passive, emotional, and "naturally" interested in child rearing. These represent
a. gender predispositions.
b. sexual scripts.
c. gender roles.
d. gender identities.
C
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A. culturally sensitive staff B. culturally appropriate materials C. culturally sensitive systems D. all of these
At the conclusion of his Clark University lecture, Freud stated that "hysterical patients suffer from ____.”?
a. ?seduction traumas b. ?hysterical symptoms c. ?regression to infantile sexuality d. ?reminiscences e. ?psychic innovations
Molly, a freshman in college, can't understand how her roommate, a senior, can actually read and sing along with the radio at the same time. Her roommate says that she always studies this way and makes good grades. In this example, the roommate's attention can be divided easily because of
A. top-down processing. B. bottom-up processing. C. feature detection. D. the amount of practice she has had.
A friend says that he is a restrained eater and is constantly dieting. At the same time, he seems to be gaining weight. If you research this apparent contradiction, you will learn that restrained eaters tend to gain weight because they
a. tend to use food as a way to compensate for their feelings of inadequacy. b. are more prone to suffering from stress and eat in order to relieve anxiety. c. will binge-eat when they lose their restraints. d. suffer from abnormally low metabolism.