Diversity and Inclusion Studies
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Course Introduction
Diversity and Inclusion Studies explores the complex dynamics of identity, culture, power, and privilege in diverse societies. The course examines theories and practices related to diversity, equity, and inclusiveness, providing students with a framework to analyze how factors such as race, gender, sexuality, ability, religion, and socioeconomic status impact individual experiences and societal structures. Through interdisciplinary readings, case studies, and discussions, students gain the tools to critically assess contemporary issues surrounding marginalization and social justice and to develop strategies for promoting inclusivity in various professional and social contexts.
Recommended Textbook Transformations Women Gender and Psychology 2nd Edition by Mary Crawford
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Chapter 1: Paving the Way
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Q1) Thanks to considerable progress in the recognition and support of diverse women in psychology,women now earn _____ of the PhD's awarded in psychology,and ethnic minorities earn _____ the PhD's.
A)67%;19%
B)70%;24%
C)43%;32%
D)50%;25%
Answer: B
Q2) Feminism may be defined
A)as the belief men do not understand women.
B)by the belief sisterhood is more important than any other relationship.
C)most simply as a movement to end sexism and sexist oppression.
D)All the above are correct.
Answer: C
Q3) A woman who is wealthy and privileged may actually have more in common with A)poor women than with wealthy and privileged men.
B)women from ethnic minorities than with poor women.
C)wealthy and privileged men than with poor women.
D)poor women than with women from ethnic minorities.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Gender, Status, and Power
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Q1) Women often face situations in which they are "damned if they do,damned if they don't." These situations are called
A)gender typing.
B)neosexism.
C)double binds.
D)stereotype threats.
Answer: C
Q2) When talking with men,women are more likely to be the ones who A)look away while the man talks.
B)smile.
C)turn their faces or bodies away.
D)All the above are correct.
Answer: B
Q3) Higher-status people are most likely to initiate which type of touch?
A)handshakes
B)touching of the arm or shoulder
C)less intrusive touch
D)a and b
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Images of Women
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Q1) Stereotypes about men and women include which of the following?
A)Both men and women are seen as androgynous.
B)Men are seen as affective whereas women are seen as instrumental.
C)Men & women are both equally competent.
D)Women are seen as affective,whereas men are seen as instrumental.
Answer: D
Q2) The mental pictures women have of their bodies and the feelings they have as a result are referred to as A)body image.
B)objectification.
C)appearance schematicity.
D)None of the above is correct.
Answer: A
Q3) Language has traditionally marked women as A)available to be consumed by men.
B)property of men.
C)lower status than men.
D)All of the above are correct.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: The Meanings of Difference
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Q1) ____________ report more emotions of powerlessness than ________.
A)Men;women
B)Women;men
C)Gay men;straight women
D)Gay men;lesbians
Q2) Some feminist psychologists believe that the study of gender-related differences is not a useful or important line of research.Discuss conceptual,methodological,and historical reasons for this belief.Are there,on the other hand,any good reasons to continue researching gender-related differences?
Q3) Rather than attributing their daughters' success in math to natural talent as they tend to do for sons,parents often attribute girls' successes in math to
A)good luck.
B)following directions carefully.
C)hard work.
D)the teachers' ability to teach.
Q4) Describe three theories that have been used in the past to support the notion that females are cognitively inferior.Discuss the flaws in each theory.
Q5) Explain why women's "emotionality" is rooted in a sociocultural context.
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Chapter 5: Sex, Gender, and Bodies
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Q1) What is gender identity disorder? Why do people choose to have sex changes?
Q2) Sexually ambiguous bodies can be caused by A)congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
B)partial androgen insensitivity.
C)Turner's syndrome.
D)a and b
Q3) Which of the following "rules" will most people wrongly assume?
A)If an organism has a sex,it must be female or male.
B)There are always two sexes.
C)Within a single individual,sex is always permanent.
D)All the above are correct.
Q4) What do XXY and XYY males tell us about chromosomes and violence?
Q5) The process during which sex is formed in prenatal development is called A)sexuality.
B)sexual differentiation.
C)gender development.
D)transsexual construction.
Q6) Do you believe intersexed infants should have surgery to make their genitalia "unambiguous"? Provide a well-supported argument for your response,taking into account the difficulties that face children on either side of the issue.
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Chapter 6: Gendered Identities: Childhood
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Q1) When talking to their daughters as opposed to their sons,parents
A)used a greater number of emotion words.
B)used a lesser variety of emotion words.
C)mentioned sad aspects of events less.
D)All the above are correct.
Q2) Hostile acts attempting to damage another person's relationships or social standing are called
A)hostile aggression.
B)scapegoat aggression.
C)segregational aggression.
D)relational aggression.
Q3) In addition to learning through reinforcement,people learn through A)imitation.
B)talking.
C)logic.
D)All the above are correct.
Q4) Although the gendering process is difficult to avoid,some females manage to resist it.Discuss various ways a girl may attempt to fight the gendering process.Is this resistance detrimental to the girl's psychological well-being?
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Chapter 7: Sex, Love, and Romance
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Q1) If a woman shows token resistance to a man's sexual advances and then "gives in," she is doing all of the following EXCEPT
A)communicating honestly with her partner.
B)perpetuating restrictive gender stereotypes.
C)encouraging behaviors that may lead to date and acquaintance rape.
D)teaching men to disregard women's refusals.
Q2) When researchers asked an ethnically diverse sample of young adolescent girls in the U.S.the "best" age for a girl to have sex for the first time,which group gave the highest average age?
A)African-Americans
B)Asians
C)Hispanics
D)Whites
Q3) The female equivalent to the term,male "stud," is A)hussy.
B)nympho.
C)tramp.
D)Non-existent-no such term exists.
Q4) Describe a few ways different cultures control women's sexuality.
Q5) 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) Of the following groups,which is the least likely to receive child support?
A)White women
B)Black women
C)Women who are welfare clients
D)Hispanic women
Q2) Why do some people choose to cohabit?
Q3) One myth about marriage is
A)men rely on women for social and emotional support more than women rely on men.
B)equality is not easily achieved.
C)all marriages lasting over time are happy marriages.
D)happy marriages are possible.
Q4) Instead of challenging husbands or admitting the relationship is unequal,women
A)minimize conflict or blame themselves when it happens.
B)used distancing and vague,hypothetical terms when talking about equality.
C)made positive comparisons between their own husbands and other people's.
D)All the above are correct.
Q5) How does egalitarian marriage differ from traditional and modern marriage? Why is it so rare?
Q6) Is egalitarian marriage possible? Why or why not?
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Chapter 9: Mothering
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Q1) 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.
Q2) The Hyde Amendment prohibits use of federal money to pay for abortions,resulting in many poor women
A)carrying unwanted fetuses to term.
B)delaying abortions,and taking the risks associated with later abortions.
C)getting illegal abortions.
D)All the above are correct.
Q3) Which statement about abortion's effects on women is true?
A)Abortion causes serious psychological damage for most women
B)The main psychological reaction to the abortion is depression.
C)No major negative psychological impacts result from abortion.
D)b and c
Q4) What are additional strains on lesbian couples who have children? How are children affected by having lesbian parents?
Q5) How do attitudes toward pregnant women and mothers vary by class and sexual orientation?
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Chapter 10: Work and Achievement
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Q1) How do you define a "successful" woman?
Q2) Even with modern conveniences such as microwave ovens and washing machines,housework is still a full-time job.This is probably because A)the standards of housekeeping have risen.
B)these "conveniences" have not made the work less arduous than in the past.
C)children today typically have fewer household chores than children in the past.
D)many women were not taught the "short cuts" used for speedy housework.
Q3) "Tokens" tend to be
A)visible.
B)stereotyped.
C)stressed.
D)All the above are correct.
Q4) Women are more likely than men to do clerical work,whereas men are more likely to be in skilled trades such as carpentry.This phenomenon is known as
A)sex stratification.
B)sex segregation.
C)sex differences.
D)gender differences.
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Chapter 11: The Second Half: Midlife and Aging
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Q1) How has menopause been "medicalized"? In what ways are models that focus on illness and disease with regards to menopause harmful to women?
Q2) Studies of lesbians' experiences of aging show
A)most lesbians find their partner relationship to be increasingly important.
B)most lesbians find they're strongly represented in media.
C)although there are cases of continued heterosexism,it decreases.
D)All the above are correct.
Q3) Grandmother roles provide many women with A)awareness that they are growing older.
B)a sense that they are the "second shift."
C)things to do,since few grandparents have activities and hobbies.
D)a meaningful and important place in their families.
Q4) Evelyn's father has had difficulty caring for himself since he had a stroke.She spends time with him and helps him around his house.It is likely Evelyn
A)reports doing more for him than she actually does.
B)experiences emotional strain related to care work.
C)is an only child.
D)All the above are correct.
Q5) How do women become invisible as they age? Provide examples in your discussion.
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Chapter 12: Violence Against Women
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Q1) In New Delhi,India,a young bride is beaten and sexually assaulted by the groom and his friends;In the United States,women workers in a Minnesota mine are groped,grabbed,pressured for sex,threatened,and harassed.All of these example:
A)a global problem of violence against women
B)relatively isolated incidents in women's treatment by men.
C)a history of women in Women's Movements fortunately no longer true.
D)none of the above
Q2) Some women become so disempowered by abuse that they feel trapped,worthless,depressed,and even a kind of post-traumatic stress disorder called
A)cyclical disorder.
B)patriarchal trauma.
C)battered women's syndrome.
D)cyclic redundancy.
Q3) Partnership violence is about
A)jealousy and envy.
B)passion and pain.
C)power and control.
D)the conflict between traditional and nontraditional values.
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Chapter 13: Psychological Disorders, Therapy, and Womens
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Q1) Many feminist therapists believe men
A)can benefit from feminist therapy in many ways.
B)are the enemy and teach their clients this.
C)can benefit from conforming more closely with the traditional masculine gender role.
D)need to become more independent and assertive.
Q2) Social and cultural context can ____________ be used to determine whether a behavior constitutes a "disorder."
A)never
B)rarely
C)sometimes but not always
D)always
Q3) An example of sexist bias related to the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder is
A)the encouragement of women to act "crazy" rather than be angry.
B)ignoring past and or current experiences of sexual,physical or emotional abuse.
C)considering personality traits as enduring patterns of behavior.
D)All the above are correct.
Q4) What is hysteria? Why is hysteria a biased diagnosis?
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Chapter 14: Making a Difference: Toward
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Q1) Attempts to put women,especially feminists,in their "place" is called A)the Jekyll and Hyde approach.
B)quarreling.
C)war among women.
D)backlash.
Q2) What issues face contemporary feminists?
Q3) How have women of color challenged and changed the concepts of feminism and women's issues?
Q4) Feminists are often portrayed as A)lesbians.
B)man-hating.
C)fighting-women.
D)All the above are correct.
Q5) Ways to make a difference as a student include
A)writing papers on women or gender.
B)doing independent studies on women or gender.
C)asking questions when women are excluded or trivialized in readings or lectures.
D)All the above are correct.
Q6) What are some of the criticisms of the feminist movement by women of color?
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