Question 1

__________ is the practice of holding beliefs about the characteristics and behavior associated with male and female.

Accepted Answer

Gender stereotyping involves holding beliefs about the characteristics and behaviors typically associated with males and females.

Question 2

Which of the following terms refers to the tendency of youngsters of the same sex to play together during development?

Accepted Answer

Sex cleavage refers to the tendency of children to associate and play with peers of the same sex during their development.

Question 3

As children start to make friends and play, they typically engage in activities that foster and maintain __________.

Accepted Answer

Children often engage in sex-typed play, where they choose activities and toys that are traditionally associated with their gender, which helps them in socializing and forming friendships.

Question 4

Which of the following is most likely to result in immediate criticism and isolation of a child by his or her peers?

Accepted Answer

Sex-inappropriate play is likely to result in immediate criticism and isolation by peers because children often enforce gender norms and may react negatively to behaviors that do not conform to these expectations.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT true about the way males and females are typically portrayed on television?

Accepted Answer

Television has historically portrayed central characters as more likely to be male than female, with males often depicted in action-oriented roles and leadership positions, while females are often shown in supportive or domestic roles.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a major influence on gender development in children?

Accepted Answer

Nutrition is not a major influence on gender development in children, whereas family, peers, and media are significant social and environmental factors that shape gender roles and identity.

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT an example of a gender stereotype that creates a negative image?

Accepted Answer

The statement "Girls make good leaders" is a positive stereotype, whereas the others create negative images by suggesting limitations or undesirable traits.

Question 8

Freud's Electra complex refers to the small boy's need to separate "male self" from "female mother" and yet still retain "female" as an object of sexual desire.

Accepted Answer

The Electra complex is a psychoanalytic theory proposed by Carl Jung, not Freud, and it refers to a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father. Freud's analogous concept for boys is the Oedipus complex.

Question 9

Freud's Oedipus complex refers to a little girl's desire to marry their father and get rid of their mother, and yet continue to identify with their mother's gender role.

Accepted Answer

The Oedipus complex, according to Freud, refers to a young boy's desire for his mother and rivalry with his father. The female equivalent is called the Electra complex.

Question 10

Freud believed that women's sense of self is based on their relationships with others, not on being separate from them.

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

Parents usually are unaware of the extent to which they reinforce stereotypical sexual behavior.

Accepted Answer

Parents often unconsciously reinforce gender stereotypes through their expectations, language, and the activities they encourage, without realizing the impact on their children's perception of gender roles.

Quiz 42: Gender Development II