Which of the Following Is Associated with Gender Schema Theory

question 69

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is associated with gender schema theory?

• A) An assumption that people organize information in terms of gender.
• B) An assumption that differences between males and females are purely biological.
• C) The belief that gender is a social construction.
• D) The belief that psychological theories of gender are inadequate.

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Definitions:

Carriers

Individuals who have one copy of a gene for a recessive trait and can pass that gene to their offspring, even if they do not exhibit the trait themselves.

Recessive Genes

Genes that are not dominant and can be masked by the presence of dominant genes, requiring two copies, one from each parent, for the trait to be expressed.

Meiosis

The form of cell division in which each pair of chromosomes splits and one member of each pair moves to the new cell. As a result, each new cell has 23 chromosomes.

Sex Chromosomes

Chromosomes that determine an individual's biological sex, typically presented as XX for females and XY for males in humans, affecting the development of sexual characteristics.