Psych 323 Quiz

If following the pattern of findings in the U.S., which person would be LEAST likely to adhere to gender role stereotyping?

Aisha, an African American female

According to your text, what are some of the ways society has contributed to increasing fears of men?

All of these

Megan was raised as a female. When she failed to menstruate at puberty, her doctor found that she was genetically male. What is Megan's most likley diagnosis?

Androgen-insensitivity syndrome (AIS)

Cognitive development theory suggests that gender attitudes change predictably as children get older because:

Children pass through stages of development related to their ability to process information

Which of the following statements about gender-typed behavior is true?

Fathers are more likely than mothers to encourage gender-typed behavior in both their sons and daughters

Related to current research about gender, where do researchers focus more attention?

Gender similarities

Your textbook discussed information regarding parent's preferences about the sex of their children, outside North America. This information suggested that

In China, the rate of selective abortion is so high that many Chinese men will not be able to find a woman to marry

According to the discussion of gender and education in countries outside North American,

In non-industrialized countries, men are much more likely than women to be able to read

Steward has small testicles, a low level of testosterone, feminized body contours and is infertile. What is Stewart's most likely diagnosis?

Kleinfelter's syndrome

All of the following are true about congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) EXCEPT:

Most individuals with CAH are not diagnosed until later in life

Which of the following students provides the most accurate summary of the research on spatial abilities?

Osame: "Gender differences are relatively large on some spatial tasks, but these gender differences can be reduced when the instructions are modified."

Which of the following statements is correct regarding attitudes toward the competence of women?

People are particularly likely to be biased if they have little information about someone's qualifications

Which of the following students has the most accurate understanding about the internalization of gender stereotypes?

Sam: the social setting influences whether people say they would act in a stereotypical fashion

What do the hijra, kathoey, and xani-th have in common?

They are biological males.

Suppose that a parent is watching a child playing enthusiastically with a toy that is strongly associated with the other gender. In which of the following situations is the parent most likely to produce a strong negative reaction?

a father watching his son

Which of the following is the best example of a gender stereotype (rather than some other form of gender bias)?

a friend believes that women are no aggressive enough to be good politicians

Which of the following situations would typically allow a child to have the greatest amount of freedom in playing with toys considered "appropriate" for the other gender?

a mother interacting with her daughter

Which of the following mother-child conversations would be most likely, according to the discussion in Chapter 3?

a mother talking with her son about anger

A person who enjoys accomplishing tasks very competently is high in

achievement motivation

A school psychologist presents you with a picture of several people seated around a conference table and asks you to create a story about the picture. The psychologist is most likely measuring you

achievement motivation

Which of the following is not a requirement of the critical thinking approach to research on the psychology of women?

ask whether the results are consistent with the psychological characteristics of people you know

Cognitive development theory

emphasizes children's own roles in the acquisition of gender roles

Chapter 2 examines several subject variables that could influence people's gender stereotypes. According to this discussion,

ethnic background does not have a consistent effect on North American gender stereotypes

Research on education in non industrialized countries show that

females are significantly less likely than males to be able to read and write

According to the research on spatial abilities

females may receive high scores if the instructions are related to traditionally "female interests," rather than traditionally "male interests".

According to the current research, people typically think that

feminists are not as nice as other women

On which of the following measure of math ability would you expect to find a gender difference favoring females?

grades in math classes

The psychologist Helen Thompson Wooley is known for

her research showing similar intellectual abilities in men and women

Sandra Bem would define an androgynous individual as one who is:

high in masculinity, high in femininity

Studies on the masculine generic show that

in general, people understand that the term he refers to males, rather than to both males and females

Suppose that you are reading a journal article about gender and social class. The author of this article emphasizes that the experiences of a wealthy woman are very different from

intersectionality

Homosocial play

is universal

According to the discussion of social class and media,

low-income people are more likely to be shown in talk shows, rather than in prime-television

Operational definitions

may be important in determining the outcome of a study

Four-year-old Emily has been watching a cartoon show in which "Dora the Explorer" rescues a rare bird that is covered with thick mud. Later on, Emily's parents see that Emily is playing with her toy animals and she is rescuing several of them from dangerous situations. Emily's behavior could best be explained by

modeling

Which of the following is an example of institutional heterosexism?

no federal laws prohibit employment discrimination against people because of their sexual orientation

Which of the following examples best illustrates racism?

people who assume that most young Native Americans are alcoholics

Which of the following statements describes a problem in conducting research about the psychology of women?

psychologists typically do not conduct research with people who are economically poor or with people of color

Researcher expectancy is a problem because

researchers' stereotypes may influence the way that the participants respond

Suppose that you are teaching 4-year-olds in a preschool program. The children in your class are likely to believe, with respects to occupations that

teachers tend to be women and construction workers tend to be men

Suppose that you have a friend who teaches high-school mathematics. If this teacher were to question the students in these classes, it would be likely that:

the females would say that their parents spend longer talk about science with their brothers, rather than them

Suppose that some researchers conduct a study about cognitive abilities, and they find a relatively large gender difference from this information, you would expect to find that

the overlap in the frequency distributions for males and females will be relatively small

What can we conclude about gender differences in achievement motivation?

there are no substantial gender differences

The text's discussion of ethnic groups indicates that

there is considerable variability within any ethnic group

An important characteristic of Native American and First Nations individuals is that:

they share a history of being invaded by North Americans who have European backgrounds

The discussion of Latinas and Latinos in your textbook points out that:

this ethnic group is currently the second largest in the U.S.

Imagine that you are reading a popular new magazine, and you discover a headline that says, "Large sex differences found in math test scores." Which of the following would be the best way to adopt a critical-thinking approach to this article?

try to think about other explanations for the reported evidence

Suppose you read a psychology article, and the introduction informs you that the articles will use a meta-analysis to review the research in a particular field. You would expect that the authors of the article will

use a statistical method to integrate the results from the appropriate studies in that area

Which of the following statements is the best example of hostile sexism, as defined by Glick and Fiskes' Ambivalent Sexism Inventory?

women are too sensitive and they misinterpret many innocent comments

According to the research on self-confidence and other people's evaluations of you work,

women consider comments from other when they try to figure out how well they are doing; men pay less attention to the comments