About This Chapter
This evaluation collection covers presenting assessment questions on subjects such as the gender, the gender similarities and differences, the gender stereotypes and the industry versus inferiority. Delivers provides True/False questions featuring accurate responses, comprehensive explanations, and key term definitions structured by difficulty ratings with accurate responses, detailed explanations, and glossary references. Detailed terminology guides and precise definitions enhance comprehension and knowledge building.
The learning goals consist of the following:
✓ Summarize emotional and personality development in middle childhood.
Question 1
Which of the following is true of the differences in the helping behavior of males and females?
- Females are helpful irrespective of the situation.
- Males are more helpful when the context is masculine in nature.
- Males are more likely to engage in caregiving behavior.
- Females are more likely to help when the other person involved is a female.
Correct Answer:
Males are more helpful when the context is masculine in nature.
Glossary:
Gender Role: A set of expectations that prescribes how females or males should think, act, and feel.
Question 2
Males report experiencing and expressing more ________ than do females.
- joy
- fear
- anger
- shame
Correct Answer:
anger
Glossary:
Anger: Kübler-Ross’ second stage of dying, in which the dying person’s denial gives way to anger, resentment, rage, and envy.
Question 3
According to research studies, in which of the following areas do girls exhibit better skills than boys?
- visuospatial skills
- verbal skills
- physical skills
- mathematical skills
Correct Answer:
verbal skills
Glossary:
Language: A form of communication, whether spoken, written, or signed, that is based on a system of symbols. Language consists of the words used by a community and the rules for varying and combining them.
Question 4
Across childhood and adolescence, research suggests that
- females engage in more prosocial behavior than males do.
- males engage in more prosocial behavior than females do.
- girls are likely to be more aggressive than boys.
- boys are better at reading and writing than girls.
Correct Answer:
females engage in more prosocial behavior than males do.
Glossary:
Gender: The characteristics of people as males or females.
Question 5
One area of math in which boys are found to be better at is
- advanced calculus.
- numeracy skills.
- visuospatial skills.
- computation skills.
Correct Answer:
visuospatial skills.
Question 6
Tamara often tells her daughter that a well-adjusted girl is supposed to be dependent, nurturing, and uninterested in power. She also believes that girls should learn to cook and take care of the household. Tamara's notion reflects
- gender stereotypes.
- gender constancies.
- gender identities.
- gender schemas.
Correct Answer:
gender stereotypes.
Glossary:
Gender Stereotypes: Broad categories that reflect our impressions and beliefs about females and males.
Question 7
Broad categories that reflect general impressions and beliefs about males and females, such as "boys play with trucks and girls play with dolls," are known as gender
- identities.
- constancies.
- stereotypes.
- roles.
Correct Answer:
stereotypes.
Glossary:
Gender Stereotypes: Broad categories that reflect our impressions and beliefs about females and males.
Question 8
Julio, a 12-year-old, cannot get his science project to work. In fact, it seems to him that nothing he makes ever works properly. In the context of Erik Erikson's eight stages of human development, Julio is at risk for developing a sense of
- stagnation.
- inferiority.
- shame and doubt.
- identity diffusion.
Correct Answer:
inferiority.
Question 9
Erik Erikson's fourth stage of development, which appears during middle and late childhood, is called
- industry versus inferiority.
- trust versus mistrust.
- integrity versus despair.
- autonomy versus shame and doubt.
Correct Answer:
industry versus inferiority.