1.

Gender _____ include the set of expectations regarding the appropriate behavior of men,
on the one hand, and women, on the other.
Roles
2. In which part of the world is gender equality the highest?
Iceland
3. On average, in the United States, a woman earns about _____ for every dollar that a man
earns.
$0.80
4. Which of the following is true about differences between men and women?
Men and women are more similar to one another in most respects than dissimilar.
5. When does the male-female difference in the level of aggression become apparent?
By age 2
6. Which of the following is true of potential gender differences in self-esteem?
Men generally have higher self-esteem than do women.
7. Which of the following is true of men's and women's verbal and nonverbal
behavior?
Women's speech is more precise.
8. Identify the accurate statement regarding men's verbal and nonverbal behavior.
In conversations with people of the other sex, men look at their partners about the same
length of time while listening and speaking.
9. Females are often thought to outshine males on verbal tasks. What does
contemporary empirical evidence have to say with respect to this notion?
It's a myththere's basically no difference between men and women in verbal
performance.
10. Hines, Fink, and Alexander studied a group of children whose mothers
accidentally took drugs containing androgen, a hormone, prior to their birth. They
related this concentration of the hormone to the play preferences of the same
children. Which of the following alternatives best expresses the results of the
study?
For both boys and girls, androgen was positively related to male-typical play
preferences.
11. Which of the following statements is true with respect to gender differences in
romantic jealousy?
Men are more likely to become jealous when a female partner is sexually unfaithful than
when she develops a close friendship with another man.

12._____ is the process by which an individual learns the rules and norms of
appropriate behavior.
Socialization
13. The social learning approach argues that gender differences in thought and
behavior reflect the influence of:
parents
14. The female protagonist of a novel is a brave and ferocious woman who fights wars and saves
the people of her motherland. From this information, one can infer that the novel does not
include the stereotypical aspects of _____.
Socialization
15. A movie casts the male lead as a police officer and the female lead as a loving mother who
takes care of the house. This implies that the movie uses the stereotypical aspects of _____.
Socialization
16. The influence of formal education as an agent of gender socialization:
Continues even during the college years
17. A _____ refers to a mental framework that organizes and guides a child's
understanding of information relevant to gender.
Gender schema
18. Ten year old Rowan does not play softball because he thinks it is a girls' sport. Which
of the following would have helped Rowan make this evaluation?
Gender schema
19. Male sex hormones secreted by the testes at puberty are known as _____.
Androgens
20. The male and female sex organs are known as _____.
Genitals
21. Men are capable of sexual activities without any regard to biological cycles because:
the level of androgen production by the testes is fairly constant.
22. Androgen is to estrogen as _____ is to _____.
testes; ovaries
23. The testes produce _____ and the ovaries produce _____.
androgen; estrogen and progesterone
24. Approximately what proportion of men report thinking about sex every day?
Just over half

25. How does human sexual motivation differ from that of other species?
Human sexual motivation varies more dramatically from individual to individual than
does the sexual motivation of other species.
26. The body's erogenous zones:
are especially sensitive to touch.
27. Approximately _____ of people entertain sexual fantasies during intercourse; _____,
these fantasies involve someone other than the current sexual partner.
60%; often
28. Which alternative below best describes the method used in Masters' and Johnson's
pioneering sexual response cycle research?
Controlled laboratory research
29. The period in which an arousing stimulus begins a sequence that prepares the genitals
for sexual intercourse is called the _____ phase.
Excitement
30. During which of the following phases of sexual responsiveness do the penis and
clitoris swell with blood?
Plateau phase
31. Amelia is having a sexual intercourse with her husband; her breasts and vagina are
expanding and her breathing rate has increased. Also, her muscle tension is increasing as
she is preparing for orgasm. Amelia is in the middle which of the following phases of
sexual responsiveness?
Plateau phase
32. Which of the following describes the refractory period?
The interval after orgasm in which the body returns to its unaroused state, reversing the
changes brought about by arousal
33. Female circumcision:
Involves removing the clitoris
34. ________ are glands that produce sex hormones and generate ova in females and
sperm in males.
Gonads
35. In females, the small sensory organ located where the labia meet is called the
Clitoris
36. ________ refers to the social and psychological aspects of being male or female.
Gender

37. The term ________ refers to experiencing one's psychological gender as being
different from one's physical sex.
Transgender
38. In terms of exploring the connection between sex and gender, the biological approach
focuses on
Genes
39. According to Darwin, ________ drives sexual selection.
Competition
40. According to Darwin, Shelly is most likely to go out with Cole if he
can win his tennis match.
41. According to Darwin, sexual selection involves
Competition and choice
42. ________ occurs among members of the same sex as they vie for the opportunity to
mate with members of the opposite sex.
Competition
44. Carolina tells her friends that she helps take care of her little brother because that is
what girls are supposed to do. Carolina's statement describes her
Gender role
45. Any man can be a great leader because men are strong, dominant, and rational. This
statement reflects a gender
Stereotype
46. The difficulty that many divorced fathers experience when trying to gain custody of
their children may be due to
Gender stereotyping
47. The evolutionary perspective predicts that, compared to men, women will be
More selective when choosing a mate