Research on teachers' behavior in the classroom shows that
a. boys who call out answers are likely to be severely criticized.
b. teachers often pay more attention to boys.
c. teachers call on girls as much as they call on boys.
d. teachers provide more precise feedback to girls than to boys.
Question 2When researchers study teachers' behavior toward elementary-school children, they typically find that
a. classroom teachers offer more positive feedback to boys than to girls.
b. male teachers pay more attention to boys, but female teachers pay more attention to girls.
c. Black girls are relatively quiet in the classroom during the early grades, but they participate more actively when they reach fourth or fifth grade.
d. in low-income families, girls earn lower grades in school than boys do.
Question 3What can we conclude about teachers' behavior toward boys and girls?
a. They give girls much more praise than they give boys.
b. They give boys more positive feedback than they give girls.
c. They pay more attention to girls during the teaching process.
d. They criticize both boys and girls, but girls receive more constructive criticism than boys do.
Question 4Which of the following students provides the most accurate statement about the way that children provide gender-related messages to their peers?
a. Naomi: Children in North America who are 3 or 4 years old prefer to play with a same-gender child, but school-aged children have no preferences..
b. Gwendal: When children play mostly in single-gender groups, they tend to learn and practice gender-stereotyped behavior..
c. Elli: In general, girls are more likely than boys to show entitlement, a behavior that encourages gender segregation..
d. Jeff: Both girls and boys give consistently higher ratings to boys, whereas they downgrade girls..
Question 5Suppose that you are working in a preschool setting. Based on Smith's research on preschoolers' treatment of other children, you would be most likely to observe that children
a. do not seem to notice whether or not their peers are attractive.
b. consistently treat cute boys and girls more nicely than less attractive boys and girls.
c. are nice to the cute boys and aggressive toward the less attractive boys.
d. are nice to the cute girls and aggressive toward the less attractive girls.
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