In a Study in Which Researchers Presented School-Age Children, Adolescents

question 127

Multiple Choice

In a study in which researchers presented school-age children, adolescents, and college-age students with visual and verbal descriptions of various occupations, males of all ages were especially attracted to jobs depicted as __________, and females were attracted to jobs __________.

• A) conforming to traditional gender roles; seen as more novel
• B) highly paid; high in altruism
• C) science-based; power-based
• D) gender congruent; gender incongruent

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Definitions:

Pleasure Principle

A psychoanalytic concept that drives people to seek pleasure and avoid pain in order to satisfy biological and psychological needs.

Reality Principle

A concept from psychoanalytic theory referring to the capacity of the mind to assess the external world and act upon it accordingly, often seen as counter to the pleasure principle.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

A type of cognitive-behavioral therapy that emphasizes the psychosocial aspects of treatment, focusing on the development of coping skills to manage emotional distress and improve interpersonal relationships.

Maladaptive Behaviors

Actions or tendencies that inhibit an individual's ability to adjust healthily to particular situations.