Gender Differences in Direct Aggression Appear to Be Influenced By

question 77

Multiple Choice

Gender differences in direct aggression appear to be influenced by:

• A) higher levels of empathy in boys than in girls.
• B) better emotional regulation among boys than among girls.
• C) gender-typed goals regarding assertion and affiliation.
• D) greater parental expectations for direct aggression in girls than in boys.

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Definitions:

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to respond differently to similar stimuli based on their differences, significant in the context of conditioning.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus to which the response was initially conditioned.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning where a stimulus that was previously neutral becomes a conditioned stimulus by being paired with another conditioned stimulus.

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by rewarding successive approximations toward a desired behavior.