Research on Gender and Self-Concept Indicates That Compared with Men

question 34

Multiple Choice

Research on gender and self-concept indicates that compared with men, women are more likely to

• A) experience confusion over how they should define themselves.
• B) view themselves as unique and different from others.
• C) define themselves in terms of social characteristics and relationships.
• D) notice their own internal responses, such as increases in physiological arousal.

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Definitions:

State-Dependent Memory

The phenomenon where information learned in a particular state of mind is more easily recalled when in that same state.

Repulsed Feeling

An intense feeling of disgust or aversion towards something or someone.

Serial Position Effect

The finding that, for information learned in a sequence, recall is better for the beginning and ending items than for the middle items in the sequence.

Phi Phenomenon

The optical illusion of perceiving continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession.