Slaby and Frey identified three substages of gender constancy that include all of the following except
a. gender identity. c. gender consistency.
b. gender stability. d. gender ambiguity.
Question 2Which of the following refers to the idea that children realize that gender remains stable independent of changes in physical appearance?
a. identity constancy c. gender stability
b. gender constancy d. gender identity
Question 3The theory that the development of gender identity follows a similar course as described by Piaget's theory of cognitive development is
a. gender development theory.
b. gender schema theory.
c. biosocial theory of gender identity and sexual orientation.
d. parental investment theory.
Question 4Until about what age do children believe that wearing the clothes of the opposite sex or engaging in opposite-sex activities changes the individual, at least temporarily, into a member of that sex.
a. 1 or 2 years of age c. 4 or 5 years f age
b. 3 or 4 years of age d. 6 or 7 years of age
Question 5Egan and Perry defined gender identity as involving all of the following dimensions except
a. knowledge of membership in a gender category.
b. felt compatibility with one's gender group.
c. no pressure for gender conformity.
d. attitudes toward gender groups.
Question 6Ruble and her colleagues have pointed out that gender operates at the
a. microsystem level.
b. macrosystem level.
c..individual level.
c. global level.
Question 7Variants of whose social cognitive/ social learning theory (have been influential in explaining how children acquire the knowledge and behaviors of their same-sex gender, as well as explaining some patterns of sex differences?
a. Freud c. Piaget
b. Kohlberg d. Bandura