Whose gender theory claims that early gender-specific experiences cause changes in the brain's development?
a. Freud's psychoanalytic theory
b. Money and Ehrhardt's biosocial theory
c. Mead's anthropological theory
d. Halpern's psychobiosocial theory
Question 2Describe the various survival and primitive reflexes present at birth. Discuss the value of the survival and primitive reflexes and their impact on development.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 3The Money and Ehrhardt biosocial theory and Halpern's psychobiosocial theory share this weakness:
a. ignoring prenatal influences.
b. focusing excessive attention on cultural factors.
c. vagueness about social factors that influence gender.
d. emphasizing masculinity while ignoring femininity.
Question 4The fact that imitative skills seem to be present at birth, disappear for a while, and then appear again a few months later illustrates
a. nurture.
b. nature.
c. quantitative change.
d. qualitative change.
Question 5Mead's field research on tribal customs in New Guinea suggests that gender roles
a. are canalized traits that occur universally without variation.
b. reflect the unique personalities of family members.
c. are influenced by observations of family friends.
d. vary widely among cultures.
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