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Dr. Donaldson is a physician. His annual salary is approximately $215,000, which is very nearly average for a bell position. His colleague Dr. Yan is female, she earns the average salary for a female physician. Dr. Yan's salary is approximately

$155,000

Gerald and Jennifer are having a play date. Of the toys presented to them, Jarod shows a preference for balls and blocks, while Jennifer shows a preference for the dolls and art activities. It is likely that Gerald and Jennifer are at least age

3

Which of these men would be considered the most attractive to women based on evolutionary theory of sexual attraction?

A Tophet fit 40-year-old man driving an expensive car

Raina is 25 and happily married. However, she has been feeling much less interested in sexual activities since having her ovaries removed. Which factor might be causing this?

A drop in her testosterone level

Psychologist has a limited budget for research, so she needs to focus on a small sample of individuals who are the most likely to develop alcohol use disorder and antisocial personality disorder. Given what is known about gender differences, which group with the researcher choose?

A group of adult males

Which pairing can be most easily explained by evolutionary psychology?

A young woman marries a successful middle-aged man.

Which expression best captures the proportion of transgender Americans who report having experienced verbal harassment in the past year?

About half

Ariel is not sexually attracted to either men or women. Ariel is

Asexual

Jerome is a man who is sexually and romantically attracted to both men and women. Jerome is

Bisexual

Yukois a woman who is sexually and romantically attracted to other women. Yuko is

Homosexual

In the study of aggression, I think of college students are given an experimental task intended to be purposely frustrating. Then, the participants are given a task that forces them to administer(fake) Electric shocks to another participant. Given what is known about gender differences in aggression what should the researchers expect?

Manuel will administer more pain for electric shocks

Brad has noticed that the girls he has gone out with will still expect him to pay the bill when they go out, even though they might have asked him out in the first place. These expectations are called gender

Roles

Two generations ago, men in the United States were expected to initiate dates and Women to select wedding gifts. This best illustrates aspects of gender

Roles

Nine-year-old Jarod has one very good friend. The two boys spend a great deal of time playing one on one basketball, and often can be heard talking to each other about a wide range of personal topics. Compared with other boys his age, Jarod social behavior is___________ because most boys his age__________

Somewhat unusual, typically play in large groups and do not engage in intimate discussion

All else being equal, which sequence correctly order straight men, straight women, and gay men with respect to their average performance on mental rotation task, from lowest performance to highest performance?

Straight women, gay men, straight man

With respect to chromosomal patterns, turner syndrome is to Klinefelter syndrome as_________ is to ___________

X,XXY

Brooke is a female. Her genetic sex is:

XX

Alec is a male. His genetic sex is:

XY

Our own concepts of masculinity and femininity that influence our comprehension of the world are called gender

schemas

Sandra is a 21-year-old college student who was unsure how her current relationship will be affected if she chooses to wait until marriage to be sexually active. Psychology psychology researcher will tell her

Couples who wait until they are deeply committed have the best sex lives

Christine is bisexual, single, and looking. At a party, she meets Kendrick, an attractive man, and Karra, an attractive woman. All else being equal, Christine is most likely to be sexually and romantically interested in:

Either Karra or Kendrick, or both

Frequent sexual fantasies are most likely a reflection of sexual

Experience

Christie's 17-year-old nephew seems to take a lot of rest compared with his sister. How would an evolutionary psychologist explain the difference between Christie's niece and nephew?

Females are attracted to males who appear healthy and bold, which encourages males to behave this way.

Gary is a homosexual man. Gary most likely calls himself

Gay

Most people with paraphilia's are_________. Experience ___________ sexual desire

Men, unusual

As compared with women, men think about sex__________ often in view___________Pornography

More, more

A persons enduring sexual attraction towards members of their own sex, the other sex, or both sexes is called their sexual

Orientation

Mike and Carla find that the closer their relationship becomes, the more sexually satisfied their experience. This is due to

Overlapping Brain reward regions

And employee attempts to isolate arrival through a campaign of miss information. This example illustrates __________Aggression.

Relational

A recent ad for toy cars stated the following: "Your son will feel ten feet tall today. He will be able to explore his world. He will be able to create cities. He will be able to drive his imagination to new places." This is an example of:

Role

Which phase of sexual response cycle is correctly described?

excitement — physical changes start becoming evident


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