Caregivers of Alzheimer's Patients Have Been Found to Have Higher

question 111

Multiple Choice

Caregivers of Alzheimer's patients have been found to have higher ______.

• A) levels of stress hormones
• B) incidents of memory loss
• C) scores on an empathy scale
• D) suicide rates

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Definitions:

Gender Roles

Socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women.

Gender Identity

An individual's personal sense of their own gender, which may or may not align with the sex they were assigned at birth.

Emphasized Femininity

Emphasized femininity refers to a set of socially constructed ideas about female behavior that emphasizes traits like submissiveness, empathy, and nurturing, often in relation to male dominance in gender relations.

Hegemonic Masculinity

A concept in sociology that describes the practices that promote the dominant social position of men, and the subordinate social position of women.