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AP Psychology 3.3 A Describe How Sex and Gender Influence Socialization and Other Aspects of Development Questions

Practise how sex and gender influence socialization and development by interpreting how gendered language shapes expectations about people and social roles.

Syllabus
Effective Fall 2025
Course
AP Psychology

Exam points

  • Distinguish linguistic relativity from gender schema and the social role hypothesis in a pronoun-based MCQ.

AP Psychology 3.3 A Describe How Sex and Gender Influence Socialization and Other Aspects of Development Questions question 1

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Research has shown that people who read a job description written only with male pronouns (e.g., he, his) are more likely to think of an employee as male than people who read a description that uses gender-neutral language (e.g., he or she). This finding is most closely linked to

A

the linguistic relativity hypothesis.

B

gender schema theory.

C

the social role hypothesis.

D

modeling.

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