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
