Most of the achievements of people are but variations of themes that others have created

Four-year-old Debbie tells her father that she wants to fix cars and be a race car driver when she grows up. Her father

tells her that she cannot do that because a person has to be "strong and rough and has to understand how machines work, and women have trouble doing that." Debbie's father is a. explaining how biological biasing affects one's choice of occupations. b. encouraging gender role stereotypes. c. explaining what men and women are allowed to do in the American culture. d. defining society's sexual scripts.

Regarding psychiatric labeling, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. The terms or labels used for various mental disorders today are meant to aid communication about human problems. b. The most common source of bias in judging normality is social class. c. Everyone has felt or acted "crazy" during brief periods of stress or high emotion. d. People with psychological disorders have problems that are more severe or longer lasting than most of us experience.