Gender intensification appears to be driven by
a. the desire to have sex with one's parent.
b. prenatal hormones and social experiences in infancy.
c. the need to experiment with one's gender role.
d. hormonal changes at puberty and peer pressure to conform to gender roles.
d
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What problem in defining abnormal behavior is evident in the case of Kevin Warner described in the text?
a. Some statistically rare forms of behavior are desirable. b. Some mental disorders have symptoms that are not harmful. c. A behavior is not dysfunctional unless it is statistically unusual. d. Some people do not perceive their abnormal behavior as personally stressful.
Like the GRE, the MAT
a. underpredicts the scores of men and over predicts the scores of women. b. underpredicts the scores of both men and women. c. overpredicts the scores of men and under predicts the scores of women. d. overpredicts the scores of both men and women.
When 3-year-old Ariel threw a tantrum over the candy she wanted, her mother gave it to her so that Ariel would calm down. Although counterproductive in the long run, in that moment, the mother's behaviour was being _____ by _____.
A) negatively reinforced; the end of the tantrum B) positively reinforced; the end of the tantrum C) positively reinforced; candy D) positively punished; continued tantrums
Beliefs or values that most members of a society accept as self-evident are ______
a. folkways b. norms c. cultural truisms d. cultural assimilators