Deck 5: Genes, Culture, and Gender

Question 1

Psychologists working from a sociocultural perspective might say a teenage girl with long hair who wears skirts and her brother with short hair who plays sports most likely exemplify characteristics associated with which of the following?

A) gender
B) sex
C) culture
D) norm

Answer 1

gender

Question 2

According to research (Diekman et al., 2010; Eagly, 2009, 2017; Lippa, 2010; Su et al., 2009), women's vocational interests, compared to men's,

A) relate to things rather than people.
B) relate to things and people.
C) relate to people rather than things.
D) have no difference.

Answer 2

relate to people rather than things.

Question 3

Women's wages in most countries are _____ percent of men's.

A) 50-77
B) 38-50
C) 85-100
D) 78-84

Answer 3

78-84

Question 4

Discuss cultural versus evolutionary explanations for gender differences in aggressiveness. Given the implications of this theory, what do you suggest for reducing aggression in our society?

Question 5

Imagine yourself going to the head of a very long line for a popular movie and cutting in. What are the likely consequences of such a norm violation? How does this scenario illustrate the function(s) of social norms?

Question 6

In the context of a study by Putnam (2000) on family relations, identify a true statement about the behaviors of men and women.

A) Compared with women, men become more traditional in their gender-related attitudes following their child's birth.
B) Compared with women, men make fewer long-distance calls to their loved ones.
C) Compared with women, men buy more greeting cards and gifts.
D) Compared with women, men write two to four times as many personal letters.

Question 7

What are the pros and cons of seeing ourselves as free agents while viewing others as influenced by their environments?

Question 8

What is "the most astonishing, agreed-upon, and dramatic finding of developmental psychology"?

A) Growing up in the same family makes very little difference - at least in personality traits.
B) Siblings more likely to share the same general personality characteristics than two children selected at random.
C) Siblings, even identical twins, are completely uninfluenced by their genetic heritage.
D) Twins are as likely to share the same IQ as are their non-twin siblings.

Question 9

Human kinship is to the _____ perspective as human diversity is to the _____ perspective.

A) biological; humanistic
B) cognitive; psychoanalytical
C) evolutionary; cultural
D) humanistic; cultural

Question 10

Discuss the social-role theory of gender differences in social behavior.

Question 11

In your opinion, what are the most important gender differences described in the textbook? Why?

Question 12

Habib, an exchange student from Iran, is doing his thesis in the United States. He notices that people in the U.S. drink hot tea from mugs rather than from the tall, thin glasses his family uses at home. This scenario exemplifies a ________ difference between Habib's native country and his country of residence.

A) ethical
B) cultural
C) climatic
D) language

Question 13

Women are typically _____ leaders. Men are typically _____ leaders.

A) transformational; task-focused
B) task-focused; transformational
C) task-focused; relational
D) directive; task-focused

Question 14

Although there are many unoccupied tables in the restaurant, Rudolph decides to sit at the same table in the chair right next to James. James feels uncomfortable because Rudolph has violated

A) his personal space.
B) the personal rights taboo.
C) his social role.
D) Brown's universal norm.

Question 15

A relationship in which the effect of one factor (such as biology) depends on another factor (such as environment) is called

A) interaction.
B) interpolation.
C) reciprocation.
D) competition.