Discuss the basic principles of a biopsychosocial model of gender differences
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Question 2Based on research on the social factors that may turn female students away form math and science courses, devise a program for getting female students more interested in these fields in middle school.
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Question 3Gay men are less likely to be firstborns than heterosexual mean and to have more older brothers. These findings suggest that same-sex sexuality, in males, is genetic and transmitted at least partially through the
a. X chromosome.
b. Y chromosome.
c. Z chromosome.
d. genome.
Question 4Discuss one example of a difference between males and females that used to be considered hard-wired but is now considered to be the result of social factors.
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Question 5Summarize the theoretical discussion of differences, or lack of differences, in self-esteem and self-confidence between men and women.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 6The textbook lists four potential responses to trauma and includes all of the following EXCEPT
a. Thriving.
b. Resilience.
c. Post Traumatic Stress.
d. Survival with impairment.
Question 7The textbook lists four models that have been proposed to explain how personality impacts health. All of the following are included in that list EXCEPT
a. Health behavior.
b. Psychodynamic development.
c. Transactional stress moderation.
d. Constitutional predisposition.
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