Cultural Perspectives on Gender Test Bank
Course Introduction
This course explores how gender identities and roles are constructed, experienced, and interpreted across different cultures and historical periods. Students will examine the social, political, and economic forces that shape understandings of femininity, masculinity, and gender diversity. Through interdisciplinary readings, case studies, and discussions, the course encourages critical analysis of intersectional issues, such as race, class, sexuality, and globalization, to understand how they intersect with gender. Students will develop the skills to compare and evaluate cultural perspectives on gender both locally and globally, fostering an appreciation for diverse experiences and advocating for equity and inclusion.
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Transformations Women Gender and Psychology 3rd Edition by Mary Crawford
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Chapter 1: Paving the Way
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Q1) Identify a true statement about qualitative methods of research in psychology.
A) They explore a topic in an open-ended way, without trying to systematically count or manipulate behaviors.
B) They determine whether two or more variables are related to each other, but they fail to determine whether that relationship is causal.
C) They allow for the use of random samples, so that the results can be generalized, or applied to more people than just the few who were studied.
D) They include methods such as surveys that report the beliefs, attitudes, or opinions of groups of people.
Answer: A
Q2) When documenting research in journal articles, researchers state the reasons for and limitations of having a(n) ________ sample, but little explanation is given for an ________ sample.
A) all-male; all-female
B) mixed-sex; all-male
C) all-white; all-black
D) all-female; all-male
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Gender, Status, and Power
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Q1) When people present themselves in a way that confirms others' beliefs about them, they create a ________.
A) fundamental attribution error
B) self-fulfilling prophecy
C) dispositional confirmation effect
D) self-categorization phenomenon
Answer: B
Q2) Anderson & Leaper (1998) found that men make a larger proportion of intrusive interruptions in
A) the laboratory than in unstructured and naturalistic settings.
B) unstructured and naturalistic settings than in the laboratory.
C) unstructured settings and the laboratory than in naturalistic settings.
D) the laboratory and naturalistic settings than in unstructured settings.
Answer: B
Q3) Zimmerman & West (1975) found in male-female conversations that
A) interruptions were equally divided between the speakers.
B) over 95 percent of interruptions were by male speakers.
C) over 75 percent of interruptions were by female speakers.
D) men did not use conversation to assert their status.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Images of Women
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Q1) Which of the following situations would most likely lead to a stereotype threat?
A) Tell women who are taking a flower-arranging test that there are no gender differences in test performances.
B) Show TV ads of women in nontraditional roles to a group of women before they take a word quiz.
C) Tell White male college students that Asian males tend to do better than Whites in math before a difficult math test.
D) Conduct math tests for women in an all-female group rather than a mixed-sex group.
Answer: C
Q2) Idealized images of feminine beauty have changed with the fashions, but what hasn't changed is the fact that
A) all require substantial modification of women's natural appearance.
B) all are initiated by men.
C) all include women with long hair.
D) all include women wearing high heels.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: The Meanings of Difference
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Q1) Which of the following statements is suggested by the variability hypothesis?
A) Women are biologically more adaptable than men.
B) Men are statistically more likely than women to be geniuses.
C) Women are more likely than men to have mental health issues.
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q2) Which of the following helps children learn what it means to experience an emotion, what others expect them to perceive, and how they are supposed to recognize emotions in others?
A) feeling rules
B) display rules
C) the differences tradition
D) the similarities tradition
Q3) In the context of gendering cognition, which of the following statements is true of girls?
A) They are less likely than boys to make the honor roll.
B) They are less likely than boys to take honors and AP classes.
C) They are more likely than boys to repeat a grade.
D) They are more likely than boys to be elected to a class office.
Q4) Explain how women's supposed "emotionality" is a strength rather than a weakness.
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Chapter 5: Sex, Gender, and Bodies
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Q1) Discuss the search for a so-called "gay gene." Describe the evidence for the existence of such a gene. What are the criticisms of the research?
Q2) Identify the reason why the transition from males to females is preferred over the transition from females to males.
A) because the rules for masculinity are more restrictive than those for femininity
B) because the surgery to construct a penis is complicated, and the results are often disappointing
C) because it is easier for females to act like males and use hormone supplements
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q3) Discuss the phrase "sex is a social construction." Provide examples of how children are exposed to this from birth.
Q4) Describe the problems associated with physicians who decide the "optimal gender" for a child and how these problems are likely to affect families and intersex individuals as they grow old.
Q5) Explain the term "intersexuality."
Q6) What is gender dysphoria? Why do people choose to have sex changes?
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Chapter 6: Gendered Identities: Childhood and Adolescence
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Q1) A 2- or 3-year-old child can answer correctly when asked if he or she is a boy or a girl; however, the child may believe that
A) people other than himself or herself are asexual.
B) people can change sex by changing their hairstyles or clothing.
C) there is no reliable way to determine other people's sexes.
D) people can change sex by changing their hairstyles or clothing and there is no reliable way to determine other people's sexes.
Q2) Describe the ways in which children themselves maintain boundaries and uphold segregation between the sexes.
Q3) Which of the following leads to selective attention and selective memory?
A) gender constancy
B) gender schemas
C) imitation
D) relational aggression
Q4) If you decide to raise your child to be gender-aschematic, describe how you would go about it.
Q5) Do parents' ideologies about gender roles influence their children's behavior? Cite evidence to support your answer.
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Chapter 7: Sex, Love, and Romance
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Q1) Identify the long-term health consequences of female genital mutilation, especially for infibulated women.
A) chronic pelvic and urinary tract infections
B) complications in childbirth
C) depression
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q2) Women usually masturbate by
A) focusing on their own body rather than fantasizing about sexual encounters.
B) stimulating their vagina.
C) stimulating their clitoris.
D) focusing on an imaginary partner's body.
Q3) "Friends with benefits" is a script for casual sex in which
A) sex between partners who have no intention of contacting each other again is discouraged.
B) an individual only has sex with another individual, and they are not romantic partners or friends.
C) two people who are friends, but not romantically involved, sometimes have sex with each other.
D) a text or phone call request for a sexual meetup is necessary.
Q4) Describe the pros and cons of sex education for girls and women.
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Chapter 8: Commitments: Women and Close Relationships
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Q1) Describe the added strains on lesbian and bisexual women in committed relationships.
Q2) Which of the following is a reason why lesbians share more leisure time than heterosexual couples?
A) Only lesbians can find a same-gender friend and a spouse in the same person.
B) Most people need a same-gender "best friend."
C) Women are socialized to have more common interests with other women than with men.
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q3) At the societal level, several factors have been correlated with rising divorce rates. Divorce rates rise along with
A) political and social unrest.
B) the unemployment rate.
C) women's participation in the paid workforce.
D) political and social unrest and the unemployment rate.
Q4) Which of the following characterizes modern marriages?
A) a "second shift" for the wife
B) a "near-peer" or "senior partner-junior partner" relationship
C) the wife working outside the home
D) All of these answers are correct.
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Chapter 9: Mothering
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Q1) Which of the following is a serious consequence of adolescent motherhood?
A) interrupted education
B) lowered job opportunities
C) costs of public assistance
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q2) Why is fathering a feminist issue?
Q3) As part of the motherhood mandate, the only child is stereotyped as being
A) well-adjusted, socially adept, and self-possessed.
B) selfless, nurturing, and friendly.
C) unlikable, self-centered, and unhappy.
D) happy, good-natured, and witty.
Q4) Father involvement in parenting leads to
A) good cognitive and emotional development in children.
B) low marital satisfaction.
C) increased stress for mothers.
D) low self-esteem and satisfaction with the father's role.
Q5) What are the myths about women who choose never to have children? What has research found about such women?
Q6) Discuss the role of the organization MomsRising in improving the lives of women and children.
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Chapter 10: Work and Achievement
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Q1) Which of the following is true of sexual harassment?
A) It is an expression of men's formal power in the workplace.
B) It is a reflection of the high status of women.
C) It is an abuse of power.
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q2) Which of the following is a cause of confusion about what constitutes sexual harassment?
A) The victim is often unsure whether she is being harassed.
B) The legal definition remains somewhat ambiguous.
C) The definitions used by the legal system and by researchers don't always agree.
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q3) Kenisha is the only woman in her office. It is likely that she
A) feels less performance pressure than her coworkers.
B) feels more performance pressure than her coworkers.
C) worries about being too successful.
D) feels more performance pressure than her coworkers and worries about being too successful.
Q4) Has housework become easier in the last 50 years? Why or why not?
Q5) What is sexual harassment? Why is it problematic?
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Chapter 11: The Second Half: Midlife and Aging
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Q1) What is ageism, and how does it affect older people? Provide examples from the daily life.
Q2) How has menopause been "medicalized"? In what ways are models that focus on illness and disease with regards to menopause harmful to women?
Q3) The belief that women are old at an earlier age than men is referred to as
A) the cohort effect.
B) the double standard of aging.
C) the fossilization effect.
D) elderspeak.
Q4) Which of the following is discovered by women who become grandmothers?
A) They are upset at first because they associate the term with "old age."
B) Their role expectation is extremely strong.
C) The role is more disrespected than that of being a mother.
D) None of these answers is correct.
Q5) Which of the following is true of the psychological experiences of menopause?
A) Depression is a normal part of menopause.
B) Menopause is unrelated to short-term moodiness.
C) Most women cope with the signs of menopause with little fuss.
D) Women feel dismayed that they can no longer become pregnant.
Q6) What are the costs and rewards of caregiving for women?
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Chapter 12: Violence Against Women
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Q1) Which of the following is one of the widely held set of myths and misconceptions about rape and rape victims in North America?
A) Women cannot prevent rape regardless of how badly they may want to.
B) Rapists' subconscious motivations are those of power and not a drive for sex.
C) Victims precipitate rape by dressing provocatively.
D) None of these answers is correct.
Q2) In the context of violence against women, sexual assault by a dating partner or someone known to the victim is termed ________.
A) common couples violence
B) acquaintance rape
C) patriarchal terrorism
D) unwanted pursuit behavior
Q3) Which of the following is a characteristic of abusive families?
A) They are patriarchal.
B) They are emotionally distant and unaffectionate.
C) They are conflictual.
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q4) Differentiate between common couples violence and patriarchal terrorism.
Q5) What is stalking? Discuss the features of cyberstalking.
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Chapter 13: Psychological Disorders, Therapy, and Womens
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Q1) According to some feminist critics of the DSM, which of the following affects whether a behavior is tolerated from particular individuals in a given cultural context?
A) gender
B) race/ethnicity
C) class (socioeconomic status)
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q2) Which of the following statements is most likely true of binge-eating disorder (BED)?
A) During a binge-eating episode, the individual eats slower than normal.
B) People feel out of control during the binge.
C) The prevalence of BED is the same for both men and women.
D) Men are diagnosed with BED about twice as often as women.
Q3) Which of the following is a characteristic of feminist therapists?
A) They strive for egalitarian relationships.
B) They strive to empower their clients.
C) They take into account gender roles and the effects of androcentric society while working with clients.
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q4) In what ways can men benefit from feminist therapy?
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Chapter 14: Making a Difference: Toward a Better Future for Women
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Q1) In the context of the changing face of psychology, discuss the statement "Progress is uneven."
Q2) In which of the following ways can one make a difference as a student?
A) by using one's knowledge of the psychology of women and gender to work for change
B) by doing an independent study or thesis on women and gender
C) by asking questions in class when women are excluded or trivialized in readings and lectures
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q3) How will you deal with the backlash and stereotypes that are faced by feminists?
Q4) The second wave of feminists most likely worked on issues such as
A) LGBTQ rights.
B) global trafficking in girls and women.
C) sexism in the media.
D) reproductive rights in a high-tech era.
Q5) Which of the following statements is true about all feminists?
A) They share the idea that women are unworthy and powerless.
B) They share the idea that collective action is unnecessary.
C) They share the idea that social change is necessary.
D) All of these answers are correct.
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