Your textbook describes a study by Fiese and Skillman (2000), which focused on the gender-related messages that parents convey to their children. According to this research,
a. parents in the current decade provided the same kind of achievement messages to their daughters and sons.
b. parents in the current decade uniformly emphasized achievement more for their sons than for their daughters.
c. parents who were not very gender-stereotyped were likely to emphasize achievement equally for their sons and daughters.
d. fathers consistently emphasized achievement for their sons, whereas mothers consistently emphasized achievement for their daughters.
Question 2
Ernesto is a Mexican American father who has nontraditional ideas about gender roles. He is playing with his daughter, using a toy stove and toy food. Based on the discussion in Chapter 3, you would expect to see that
a. Ernesto would try to guide his daughter toward a game with which he feels more comfortable.
b. Ernesto would interact passively with his daughter, only talking when she asks him questions.
c. Ernesto would ask good questions and actively play with his daughter.
d. Ernesto would play the role of a father who is being served a meal, but he would not participate in cooking.