According to research on gender-typed activities,
a. in reality, parents buy boys and girls the same kinds of toys.
b. parents tend to assign outdoor tasks to boys and domestic tasks to girls.
c. parents are particularly likely to discourage gender-inappropriate behavior in their daughters, rather than their sons.
d. aside from stereotyped toy preferences, parents pay little attention to their children's gender-typed activities.
Question 2Which of the following students has the best overview of the research on parents' stereotyped behavior toward their infants and children?
a. Kyoko: Parents treat infants according to gender stereotypes, but they show somewhat less stereotyping once they appreciate their children's own special characteristics..
b. Alexander: Parents show little stereotyped behavior toward their infants, but much more stereotyping when the children reach school age..
c. Maria: Parents consistently show stereotyped behavior toward daughterswhether they are infants or childrenbut they show minimal stereotyping for sons..
d. Sid: The only area in which parents show stereotyping is with respect to encouragement of aggression in their sons..
Question 3Which of the following students provides the best information about theories of gender development?
a. Adam: Children's gender-related behaviors are more important than their thoughts about gender..
b. Sarah: Before the age of 5, children's thoughts about gender are more important than their gender-typed behavior. After 5, their behavior is more important than their thoughts.
c. Mylene: Children's gender schemas turn out to be more important than any of the other mechanisms for explaining gender development.
d. Rick: Children's thoughts and behavior related to gender are both important factors in explaining gender development..
Question 4According to your textbook's discussion of theoretical explanations, children's psychological gender development is mostly determined by
a. chromosome and hormones.
b. children's own gender schemas.
c. rewards and punishments from other people.
d. a combination of children's own gender schemas and rewards and punishments from other people.
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