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211. Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding academic differences by gender? a. Male adolescents are more likely than females to have a learning disability. b. Female adolescents are more likely than males to drop out of high school. c. Males outperform females on both the verbal and math sections of the SAT. d. On Advanced Placement tests, boys outperform girls in chemistry, history, and biology. 212. Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding academic differences by gender? a. Male adolescents are more likely than females to have a learning disability. b. Male adolescents are more likely than females to drop out of high school. c. Females outperform males on the verbal section of the SAT. d. On Advanced Placement tests, girls outperform boys in Spanish, English literature, and art history. 213. On Advanced Placement tests, boys outperform girls in a. history. b. English Literature. c. art history. d. all of these. 214. Regarding sex differences in cognitive ability, males are better a. at spatial rotation. b. at difficult mathematical reasoning tests, such as solving word problems. c. on the verbal section of the SAT. d. at all of these. 215. Regarding sex differences in cognitive ability, females are better at a. spatial rotation. b. remembering the positions of objects in space. c. difficult mathematical reasoning tests, such as solving word problems. d. all of these. 216. Regarding sex differences in cognitive ability, females are better at a. spelling. b. remembering lists of words and other verbal material. c. remembering the position of objects in space. d. all of these. 217. Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding sex difference in cognitive ability? a. Boys and girls show no difference on moderately easy mathematics tests. b. Correlations between sex and mathematical skills, and sex and verbal skill, are trivial. c. Girls outperform boys on the verbal section of the SAT. d. Girls are better spellers and perform better or reading and writing tests administered in high school. 218. __________ is the ability to thrive in the face of hardship or overcome the negative effects of hardship. a. Resilience b. Compensatory development c. Contiguity d. Discretionary development 219. Oprah Winfrey’s rise to stardom from a young life filled with obstacles and hardships illustrates a. resilience. b. compensatory development. c. contiguity. d. discretionary development. 220. Resilient children share a number of personal attributes that include all of the following EXCEPT a. having a close bond with at least one caregiver. b. being high in self-control. c. being high in self-efficacy. d. displaying a high degree of social conformity.