Preschoolers' thinking about gender stereotypes
a. is limited to toys.
b. is limited to physical objects.
c. extends to metaphors for masculinity and femininity.
d. extends well into adolescence with little flexibility.
Question 2Which of the following statements is not true concerning midwife deliveries?
a. Midwives have received positive evaluations.
b. Compared to physicians, midwives deliver fewer cesarean births.
c. Midwife deliveries require less medication than deliveries performed by physicians.
d. Babies delivered by midwives form stronger attachments to the mother than to the father.
Question 3Preschoolers have been shown to associate specific behaviors and future roles with each sex. In fact, by two-years of age children will look longer at images of women _________ and men _________.
a. putting on earrings; putting on cuff links c. who are doctors; who are lawyers
b. putting on neckties; putting on lipstick d. who are poor; who are rich
Question 4Procedures practiced during pregnancy and childbirth that are designed to minimize pain and reduce the need for medication during delivery are called ________ childbirth.
a. organic c. planned
b. prepared d. nominal
Question 5The tendency to stereotype on the basis of sex is found
a. in a variety of cultural settings.
b. predominantly in the Western world.
c. only after children reach adolescence.
d. predominantly in cultures where women are not productive members of society.
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