Patricia, age 10, refuses to wear dresses and insists on being called Pat. She knows she is a girl, but she
says boys have it better. She prefers playing with boys and only plays the games they play.
She says she
wants to be a football player and a mother when she grows up. Pat has
A) no disorder. B) transsexualism.
C) transvestism. D) gender identity disorder.
A
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According to Levinson, during the midlife transition, most people
A) experience a significant identity crisis. B) turn inward, focusing on personally meaningful living. C) turn outward, focusing on meeting the needs of others. D) make few changes in their life structure.
In a study using the false belief task with four-year-olds of average intelligence, four-year-olds with Down syndrome, and slightly older children with autism, Baron-Cohen found that
a. only the average intelligence children passed the task. b. both the average intelligence children and the children with Down syndrome passed the task. c. both the average intelligence children and the children with autism passed the task. d. all three groups of children passed the task.