Matching Quiz

Match the person with the concept of adolescence development with which he or she is associated.


1				Believes that males and females have a different style of "talk"


2				Believes that cognitive differences between females and males have been exaggerated


3				Developed an assessment instrument for androgyny


4				Now believes that differences in male and female verbal ability have virtually disappeared


5				Says that psychological sex differences arise from social roles of men and women


6				Proposed the cognitive developmental theory of gender


7				Worked with Eleanor Maccoby and concluded that males have better math and visuospatial abilities


8				An evolutionary psychologist


9				Believed that male and female psychological differences are related to genital structure


10				Believed that women have a different "voice"


11				Studied boys who adopt a strong masculine role in adolescence


12				Believed that gender and sexual behavior are unlearned and instinctual

Answer choices for questions 1 through 12

Match the following theories of gender development with the appropriate explanation of the reason for gender differences.


13				Gender differences are due to men having more power and status than women


14				Gender differences arise because children observe and imitate gender behavior and associated rewards and punishment


15				Gender differences are due to children organizing their world around gender once they learn it is permanent


16				Gender differences are due to internal motivation to conform to society standards and stereotypes

Answer choices for questions 13 through 16

A)	Social cognitive theory of gender
B)	Social role theory of gender
C)	Cognitive developmental theory of gender
D)	Gender schema theory of gender