Which Statement About Role Expectations Is FALSE

question 8

Multiple Choice

Which statement about role expectations is FALSE?

• A)At birth, male babies are more expressive than female babies.
• B)Fear often becomes the only acceptable emotion that boys and men can express.
• C)Boys often are shamed into separating from their mothers earlier than they would like.
• D)Boys are reinforced for taking risks, being competitive, and initiating sexual contact.

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Definitions:

Specific Phobias

Any of the disorders characterized by extreme and irrational fear of a particular object or situation.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Repressed Event

A repressed event refers to a memory that has been unconsciously blocked due to being associated with a high level of stress or trauma.

DSM-Type Diagnosis

A classification and diagnostic tool for mental disorders based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.