The Behaviors, Attitudes, and Personality Traits That Are Designated as Being

question 80

Multiple Choice

The behaviors, attitudes, and personality traits that are designated as being either masculine or feminine in a given culture:

• A) are called gender roles.
• B) are genetically determined and do not vary across cultures.
• C) are called gender identities.
• D) have a great deal of variability within a specific culture but show little or no variation across different cultures.

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Definitions:

Maternal Cigarette Smoking

Refers to the act of smoking cigarettes by a mother during pregnancy, which can lead to various adverse outcomes for the baby.

Miscarriage

The spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb, typically before 20 weeks of gestation.

Prematurity

The condition of being born before the completion of 37 weeks of gestation, often leading to health challenges for the infant.

Strange Situation

A research method developed by psychologist Mary Ainsworth to assess attachment relationships between a caregiver and a child.