Question 1

Secretions of testosterone and ovarian hormones during the fourth and fifth months of prenatal development exert one of their earliest influences on

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A)   menarche.
B)   secondary sex characteristics.
C)   gender schemas.
D)   brain organization.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 2

Teens often choose as friends those who share their sports interests or music preferences.This best illustrates

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A)   stranger anxiety.
B)   a pruning process.
C)   basic trust.
D)   a selection effect.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

In recent years,the percentage of American boys and girls given one of the 10 most common names for their birth year has plunged.This best reflects Americans' increasing

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A)   gender typing.
B)   individualism.
C)   collectivism.
D)   divorce rates.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Connie experienced her first menstrual period last week.This most clearly indicates that she has entered a developmental period known as

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A)   androgyny.
B)   spermarche.
C)   gender typing.
D)   puberty.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

Men and women have often tended to classify occupations as masculine or feminine.As a result,they have limited themselves to a narrow range of career options.This best illustrates the impact of

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A)   a pruning process.
B)   the X chromosome.
C)   gender schemas.
D)   secondary sex characteristics.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 6

The prenatal development of the external male sex organs is stimulated by

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A)   gender schemas.
B)   the X chromosome.
C)   testosterone.
D)   gender typing.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 7

The effect of rewards and punishments on gender typing is most clearly emphasized by

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A)   evolutionary psychology.
B)   cognitive neuroscience.
C)   Freudian psychology.
D)   social learning theory.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

Cathy and her brother Keith are both adults who live in the same large metropolitan area.Research on gender similarities and differences suggests that Cathy is likely to report her friendships with women are ________ intimate and nurturing than her friendships with men.Keith is likely to report that his friendships with men are ________ intimate and nurturing than his friendships with women.

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A)   more;less
B)   less;more
C)   more;more
D)   less;lessE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 9

The desire to differentiate yourself from others by emphasizing your unique values and traits is most common among those who value

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A)   gender typing.
B)   collectivism.
C)   respect for the elderly.
D)   individualism.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 10

A collectivist culture is especially likely to emphasize the importance of

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A)   social harmony.
B)   personal privacy.
C)   innovation and creativity.
D)   racial diversity.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 11

Children's English accents are more likely to be influenced by their

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A)   peers than by their parents.
B)   sex than by their gender identity.
C)   X chromosome than by their Y chromosome.
D)   biological race than by their social environment.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 12

Compared with those living in individualist cultures,people in collectivist cultures are likely to experience

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A)   more privacy and less security.
B)   less privacy and more security.
C)   more privacy and more loneliness.
D)   less privacy and more loneliness.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

Parents can most effectively increase their influence on their children by

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A)   encouraging their children to achieve athletic success.
B)   selecting their children's neighborhood and schools.
C)   spacing the birth of their children over a large number of years.
D)   encouraging them to value individualism.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 14

Research on brain development suggests that repeated learning experiences seem to

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A)   strengthen neural connections at the location that processes the experiences.
B)   reduce the number of brain cells needed to effectively process information.
C)   promote the formation of the brainstem but have no effect on the formation of the cortex.
D)   have no effect on the structure of neural tissue.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 15

Primary sex characteristics are to ________ as secondary sex characteristics are to ________.

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A)   male testes;adrenal glands
B)   female ovaries;deepened male voice
C)   male testes;female ovaries
D)   adrenal glands;underarm hairE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 16

An example of a primary sex characteristic is a

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A)   woman's ovaries.
B)   man's larynx.
C)   woman's breasts.
D)   man's adrenal glands.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 17

In some cultures,men are expected to take primary responsibility for managing household finances,and women are expected to take primary responsibility for preparing household meals.This best illustrates aspects of

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A)   gender identity.
B)   collectivism.
C)   individualism.
D)   gender roles.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Which of the following would you most likely observe on visits to foreign countries?

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A)   men and women earning approximately the same salaries
B)   more women than men holding elected offices
C)   more men than women involved in fistfights
D)   men and women sharing equally in the duties of child raisingE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 19

Compared with environmentally impoverished rats,those rats housed in enriched environments experienced a dramatic increase in the number of their

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A)   Y chromosomes.
B)   schemas.
C)   synapses.
D)   sex hormones.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

A person's sense of being male or female is his or her gender

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A)   identity.
B)   role.
C)   type.
D)   schema.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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