One social behavior that appears to reflect large gender differences in personality is
a. aggression.
b. friendship patterns.
c. sportsmanship.
d. religious practices.
e. political activity.
a. aggression.
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What will be an ideal response?
Frances is a high school math teacher. Over the years, she has become increasingly disappointed when girls in her class resign themselves to the notion that they are 'bad at math' and then appear to give up trying in her class. She would like to modify her approach to teaching so that more girls stay engaged in math. Which of the following approaches is likely to be most successful?
A. Reducing the importance she places on grades and reinforcing the effort of students to learn the material B. Focusing more on the importance of getting good grades in her class in order to be good at math C. Emphasizing to students that it is more important to appear to be good at math than to actually be good at math D. Only giving challenging assignments and encouraging students to avoid failing on these tasks
Promoting one or a very few women into high-status positions in an organization has the result of ________
a) not causing the promoted women to suffer a loss of confidence b) causing women not promoted to be more likely to blame themselves for not being promoted c) causing the promoted women not to be identified as "token" promotions d) not causing the promoted women to be viewed as less competent
The diathesis-stress paradigm emphasizes that abnormality results from:
a) Biology and the unconscious b) Biology and stress c) Physiology and biochemistry d) Attachment and gestalt problems