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In which year did Talcott Parsons develop his model of the nuclear family and gender roles?Read the answer and worked solution →According to social constructionism, gendered behaviour is mostly due toRead the answer and worked solution →A patriarchy is a social order based on the domination of whom by whom?Read the answer and worked solution →Stereotype threat is the risk of confirming, as a self-characteristic, what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is a reason why gender stereotypes are so common?Read the answer and worked solution →Deaux and colleagues suggested a nurturing personality is acquired by whoeverRead the answer and worked solution →Which test is often used to show implicit gender stereotypes?Read the answer and worked solution →Carol Gilligan argued that maturity in women is shown inRead the answer and worked solution →Gender roles can also be used as a means of exerting what?Read the answer and worked solution →In medieval Europe, women were commonly associated with which roles before witch-hunts?Read the answer and worked solution →What happened to US stay-at-home fathers from 1989 to 2012, per Pew?Read the answer and worked solution →India's 2011 Census put the child sex ratio at how many girls per 1,000 boys?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Act of 1994 banned sex selection before birth?Read the answer and worked solution →According to Census 2011, what was the female literacy rate in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do some parents see girls' schooling as a waste of resources?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 2005 Act gives equal inheritance rights to ancestral property for women?Read the answer and worked solution →In 2020 the Supreme Court said women Army officers can get what?Read the answer and worked solution →Scholars link Kerala's improved status of women mainly to which factor?Read the answer and worked solution →

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In which year did Talcott Parsons develop his model of the nuclear family and gender roles?

  1. 1855
  2. 1925
  3. 1955
  4. 1985
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Correct answer: C. 1955

1. Parsons worked in the United States in the mid twentieth century. 2. He developed his model of the nuclear family in 1955. 3. His Model A showed total separation of male and female roles, and Model B their complete dissolution. _Source: Wikipedia, Gender role, Talcott Parsons_

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According to social constructionism, gendered behaviour is mostly due to

  1. inherited genes alone
  2. social construction
  3. local climate alone
  4. pure random chance
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Correct answer: B. social construction

1. Social constructionism explains differences in male and female behaviour. 2. It holds that gendered behaviour is mostly due to the social construction of gender. 3. Evolutionary psychology disagrees, but genes alone are not the constructionist claim. _Source: Wikipedia, Gender role, Theories_

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A patriarchy is a social order based on the domination of whom by whom?

  1. Men by women
  2. Women by men
  3. Elders by youth
  4. Workers by owners
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Correct answer: B. Women by men

1. Social constructionists see gender roles as hierarchical and patriarchal. 2. Andrew Cherlin defines patriarchy as a social order based on the domination of women by men. 3. The reverse and the other pairs are not the definition. _Source: Wikipedia, Gender role, Theories_

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