Although aggression is the most salient sex difference, it is contingent on how aggression is being defined. Females are found to be more aggressive than males when aggression is defined as a(n)
a. behavior that stops someone from getting hurt.
b. attempt to harm another person through manipulation or gossip.
c. attempt to promote someone into a higher peer group.
d. behavior called direct aggression.
B
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A) preconventional B) conventional C) preoperational D) formal operational
The meaning or content of words and sentences is called ______.
A. phonology B. morphology C. semantics D. syntax
Studies of pubertal timing show that
A) early-maturing girls are more satisfied with their body image than their late-maturing agemates. B) the negative body image of early-maturing boys worsens throughout adolescence. C) early-maturing boys tend to be overly talkative and attention seeking. D) early-maturing adolescents of both sexes seek out older companions.
For most men of European descent, hair turning gray begins in ____, but by ____ most people have turned mostly or all gray
a. the late teens; young adulthood b. young adulthood; middle adulthood c. the late teens; middle adulthood d. middle adulthood; late adulthood