Question

following along with the pbs documentary about the inner lives of boys from childhood through adolescence, please complete this movie guide. this is testable material.
word bank - not all words will be used.
developmentally aggression emotionally vulnerability fear
stereotypes masculine how to be a member of the group michael thompson
violent / violence ten two seventy cry genetically empathy
behavior androgen joe toben conflict resolution empathy fantasy
conflict streets motor culture feminized tom newkirk friendship verbal
raising cain
the author, michael thompson, is a psychologist who is conducting research about the inner lives of boys. according to this video, american boys are the most verbal in the industrialized world and are doing far worse in the classroom than even ten years ago.
active little boys
start early on for boys and girls. research says that there are more similarities than differences between boys and girls (as does the nurse in the video).
young boys hunger for men to tell them how to be violent.
boys try to live up to the expectation of masculinity through stereotypes.
is masculine but fear and vulnerability are not, according to our cultural norms.
a 9 - year - old describes a man as someone who does not cry.
t / f boys respond and seem to be tougher than girls, according to neurological studies at harvard university medical school, when mothers ignore their infants.
boys are more vulnerable than girls.
behavior in boys and girls peaks around the age of two. after age two, declines more slowly in boys and they remain more impulsive and physically active than girls of the same age. boys also remain less emotionally mature than girls.
according to the film, boys are this way because in the womb their brains are washed with a hormone called androgen which predisposes them to greater physical activity.
but americans tend to deal with aggression differently. anthropologists at the university of arizona are studying ways in which japanese deal with aggression. what happens in the video clip with heroki and setoshi and how would the response of an american verses a japanese teacher differ?

Explanation:

The movie guide focuses on the psychological and social - cultural aspects of boys' development, including gender stereotypes, emotional and behavioral differences between genders, and cross - cultural study of aggression.

Answer:

1. Michael Thompson
2. verbally
3. ten
4. Stereotypes
5. Aggression; vulnerability
6. cry
7. False
8. emotionally
9. androgen
10. In the video clip, Japanese and American responses to aggression may differ in terms of cultural norms. Japanese teachers might focus on group harmony and collective responsibility, while American teachers may emphasize individual rights and conflict - resolution techniques.