Gender-schema theory proposes that:
A) gender differences were fashioned by natural selection in response to problems in adaptation that were repeatedly encountered by humans over thousands of generations.
B) children start forming gender concepts only during the later stages of childhood.
C) children use gender as one way of organizing their perceptions of the world.
D) once children come to see themselves as female or male, they stop seeking information concerning gender-typed traits.
C
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a. tend to emerge as leaders when the group to which they belong needs to accomplish a specific task. b. are more likely to offer assistance to others when a situation demands physical aid. c. tend to be more expressive and empathetic in their relationships. d. are less intimate in their relationships. e. react to provocation withgreater anger when young.
The term affect is MOST nearly synonymous with ______.
a. emotion b. personality c. motivation d. cognition
Which of the following is a feature of observational learning?
A. Attention to important features of modeled behavior. B. Learning but not reproducing the features of modeled behavior. C. Only peer group influences the observed behavior. D. All of these are correct.
Women are ______ as likely as men to be afflicted with obsessive-compulsive disorder
a. half c. twice b. equally d. four times