A Father Believes That Certain Behaviours Are More Appropriate for Boys

question 242

Multiple Choice

A father believes that certain behaviours are more appropriate for boys than for girls. His wife has heard him share these beliefs and she wonders whether they are partly responsible for the fact that he relates differently to his son, with whom he tends to use more verbal and physical prohibition than he does with his daughter. In this example, the father's beliefs would be examples of , while the fact that he treats his children differently depending on their gender demonstrates the concept of _.

• A) sex-role stereotypes; sex-typing
• B) gender identities; gender constancies
• C) gender identities; sex-typing
• D) sex-role stereotypes; gender preferences

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Definitions:

CS-US Trials

In conditioning, trials where a conditioned stimulus (CS) is presented before an unconditioned stimulus (US) to create an association.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process by which a conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears.

Second-order Conditioning

A conditioning process where a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus through association with an already conditioned stimulus.

Insulin Injection

A medical procedure in which insulin is administered into the body using a syringe and needle, commonly used by individuals with diabetes to regulate their blood sugar levels.