Problemset
Title
Chapter 5 Quiz
Introductory
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Question 1
______ are more likely than ______ to use relational aggression, which involves harming
others through nonphysical hurtful manipulation of their peer relationships.
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Hint:
Multiple Choice
Question 2
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Gender-Related Social Behaviors and Personality Traits, p. 101
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Girls; boys
Correct
Boys; girls
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Men; women
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Kids; adults
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This type of behavior is voluntary behavior intended to benefit someone else.
Hint:
Type:
Multiple Choice
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Gender-Related Social Behaviors and Personality Traits, p. 101
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prosocial behavior
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generous behavior
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philanthropic behavior
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angelic behavior
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Question 3
Interrupting someone else to show interest and affirm what the other is saying is known as
______.
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Multiple Choice
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Communication Style, p. 105
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affiliative interruption
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filial interruption
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being rude
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affirmative interruption
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Question 4
What did Cashdan's study of college students asked to rate their housemates regarding
power reveal?
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Multiple Choice
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Communication Style, p. 105
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The more powerful students talked the most.
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The most powerful students were the quietest.
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The least powerful students talked the most.
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The least powerful students never spoke.
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Question 5
Regarding societal rules and touch, which of the following situations is most likely to occur?
Hint:
Type:
Multiple Choice
Question 6
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Communication Style, p. 108
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a CEO patting a custodian on the back
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a housekeeper touching the owner of a hotel on the shoulder
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a secretary high fiving the company president
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a hostess putting her arm around the restaurant owner
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Type:
Studies in Finland, Japan, Taiwan, and the United States show that as early as first grade,
children and their mothers generally believe that ______ are better than ______ at
language and reading.
Multiple Choice
Hint:
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Gender Comparison of Cognitive Abilities, p. 109
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girls; boys
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boys; girls
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children; adults
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teenagers; senior citizens
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Question 7
_______ refers to the ability to visualize objects or shapes and mentally rotate and
manipulate them.
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Hint:
Multiple Choice
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Gender Comparison of Cognitive Abilities, p. 109
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Visual-spatial ability
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Virtual ability
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Manipulation ability
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Engineering ability
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Question 8
One's beliefs concerning one's ability to successfully perform mathematical tasks is known
as _______.
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Hint:
Multiple Choice
Question 9
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Gender Comparison of Cognitive Abilities, p. 113
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mathematics self-efficacy
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mathematics self-esteem
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performance ability
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mathematics self-confidence
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This view says that people sometimes perform more poorly on tests because they are
anxious about whether their performance will confirm a negative stereotype held about their
group.
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Multiple Choice
Hint:
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Gender Comparison of Cognitive Abilities, p. 116
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stereotype threat
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anxiety threat
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bias effect
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group effect
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