The Manner in Which Societies Tend to Value Men and Their

question 51

Multiple Choice

The manner in which societies tend to value men and their contributions more highly than women and their contributions is called ______.

• A) oppression
• B) feminism
• C) chauvinism
• D) patriarchy

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Definitions:

Neurotransmitters

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Intense Impulses

Strong, spontaneous desires to act in a certain way, often without foresight or consideration of consequences.

Evolutionary Psychology

The branch of psychology that studies the ways in which adaptation and natural selection are connected with mental processes and behavior.

Parietal Lobe

A region of the cerebral cortex involved in processing sensory information regarding the location of parts of the body as well as interpreting visual information and processing language and mathematics.