Analyses of Gender-Typing Across More Than 100 Cultures Suggest That

question 15

Multiple Choice

Analyses of gender-typing across more than 100 cultures suggest that

• A) few societies encourage females to be self-reliant or males to be nurturant
• B) many gender-typed attributes (for example, self-reliance; nurturance) are encouraged of both sexes, but with different emphases on different attributes, depending on the child's sex
• C) the primary goal of socialization is to encourage children to acquire those attributes that will enable them to become contributing members of their society
• D) few societies encourage females to be self-reliant or males to be nurturant and many gender-typed attributes (for example, self-reliance; nurturance) are encouraged of both sexes, but with different emphases on different attributes, depending on the child's sex
• E) many gender-typed attributes (for example, self-reliance; nurturance) are encouraged of both sexes, but with different emphases on different attributes, depending on the child's sex and the primary goal of socialization is to encourage children to acquire those attributes that will enable them to become contributing members of their society

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Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a statistic based on repeated sampling from the same population, used to understand the statistic's properties.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample data, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter, with a given degree of certainty.

Sample Size

The number of observations or replicates included in a statistical sample.

Confidence Interval

A series of values, derived from examining samples, that is anticipated to cover the value of an unidentified population parameter.