Gender TestGender Test

Please pull out your notebooks and journals. Please answer the journal question on your journal sheet and answer True or False for each of the statements in your notebook.

Beginning Journal

• On a scale to 1 to 10 (10 being the most and 1 being the least), how well do you understand the opposite sex? Why do you believe that number to be true of you? Please explain.

• When finished with your journal, please number your page in your notebook from 1-10.

Statement 1

• Females have fewer genetic defects and greater endurance than men.

Statement 2

• The front part of the brain is more developed in males than in females.

Statement 3

• Female infants are more active than male infants.

Statement 4

• Females have a special natural ability to take care of children – some might call it a maternal instinct.

Statement 5

• Males have better natural ability than females to handle mathematics.

Statement 6

• Males are more oriented toward achievement than females.

Statement 7

• When couples break up, men are more likely to initiate the breakup.

Statement 8

• When it comes to choosing a mate, men and women look for the same characteristics.

Statement 9

• Only females experience monthly hormonal changes.

Statement 10

• If parents are extremely strict, their children will tend to develop more masculine traits.

Answers

• Please record the correct answers along side your answers in your notebook.

Statement 1

• Females have fewer genetic defects and greater endurance than men.

• Answer: False

Statement 2

• The front part of the brain is more developed in males than in females.

• Answer: True

Statement 3

• Female infants are more active than male infants.

• Answer: True

Statement 4

• Females have a special natural ability to take care of children – some might call it a maternal instinct.

• Answer: True

Statement 5

• Males have better natural ability than females to handle mathematics.

• Answer: True

Statement 6

• Males are more oriented toward achievement than females.

• Answer: True

Statement 7

• When couples break up, men are more likely to initiate the breakup.

• Answer: True

Statement 8

• When it comes to choosing a mate, men and women look for the same characteristics.

• Answer: True

Statement 9

• Only females experience monthly hormonal changes.

• Answer: True

Statement 10

• If parents are extremely strict, their children will tend to develop more masculine traits.

• Answer: True

Ending Journal

• What was your score on the test? Did you do as well as you expected or not? Were you surprised by some of the results? Please explain.