Intersectionality in Psychology
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This course explores the concept of intersectionality and its significance within the field of psychology, examining how multiple social identities such as race, gender, sexuality, class, ability, and age interact to shape individual experiences and mental health outcomes. Students will engage with foundational theories of intersectionality, investigate the ways intersecting identities influence psychological development and expression, and consider the implications for clinical practice, research methodologies, and social justice initiatives. The course emphasizes critical thinking and the application of intersectional frameworks to understand power, privilege, discrimination, and resilience in diverse populations.
Recommended Textbook Transformations Women Gender and Psychology 3rd Edition by Mary Crawford
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Chapter 1: Paving the Way
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Q1) The ________ perspective has fostered research on such topics as how people react to others when they violate gender norms, how children are socialized to accept gender roles, and sex discrimination in employment.
A) global feminist
B) radical feminist
C) liberal feminist
D) cultural feminist
Answer: C
Q2) The psychology of women is particularly linked to women's
A) biological instincts.
B) roles as wives.
C) place in society and culture.
D) roles as mothers.
Answer: C
Q3) Identify a true statement about feminists.
A) They believe that gender equality is possible.
B) They believe that social contexts shape people's behavior.
C) They believe that social contexts limit human potential.
D) All of these answers are correct.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Gender, Status, and Power
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Q1) Asja is proud to be the first woman in her family to get a graduate degree. When she considers taking time off from her career to have a child, her colleagues warn her; she will be throwing away the gains she has made in the corporate world. Meanwhile, Asja's mother is constantly reminding her that the "biological clock" is ticking. In this scenario, Asja is ________.
A) in a double bind
B) doing gender
C) showing visual dominance
D) displaying neosexism
Answer: A
Q2) In a study conducted by Grady (1977), people were asked to describe the person who had just sold them a subway token. Grady found that
A) people mentioned sex as the first or second characteristic half the times.
B) people were more likely to mentioned sex when it was statistically useful.
C) people mentioned sex as the first or second characteristic 100 percent of the time. D) people mentioned race and age more frequently, as token sellers were all women.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: The Meanings of Difference
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Why is meta-analysis an improvement over simple reviews of studies?
A) It simplifies the study of other variables that interact with gender.
B) It allows researchers to assess the magnitude and consistency of difference effects statistically.
C) It allows researchers to estimate the size of a gender-related difference.
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q3) The logic of experimental design and hypothesis testing leads psychologists to put more weight on findings of A) error.
B) difference. C) similarity. D) bias.
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) Which of the following is most likely a characteristic of CAH (congenital adrenal hyperplasia) girls?
A) As teenagers, they tend to be more interested in electronics, cars, and sports than cheerleading, fashion, and makeup.
B) As adults, they prefer occupations related to people (social worker, teacher) rather than things (chemist, mechanic).
C) They are most likely to be lazy and weaker than other girls.
D) They are highly unlikely to perform like boys on tasks such as throwing balls or darts at a target.
Q2) Which of the following is included in the costs of genital surgery?
A) visible scarring
B) loss of the ability to reach orgasm
C) loss of sexual sensation
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q3) What can we learn from cases in which chromosomes, prenatal hormones, and external anatomy are incongruent? Distinguish between the concepts of sex and gender.
Q4) What is gender dysphoria? Why do people choose to have sex changes?
Q5) Explain the term "intersexuality."
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Chapter 6: Gendered Identities: Childhood and Adolescence
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Q1) Once children know that there are two gender categories and have developed a core gender identity, they pay more attention to ________ models than to ________ models.
A) same-gender; other-gender
B) preschool-aged; adult
C) gender-neutral; gender-typed
D) adult; gender-neutral
Q2) The understanding that gender is permanent is called
A) social learning.
B) observational learning.
C) gender constancy.
D) gender segregation.
Q3) Selective abortion of female fetuses
A) has been found only in China.
B) is consistent with societies that permit female infanticide.
C) is officially sanctioned in India.
D) is never practiced in the United States.
Q4) If you decide to raise your child to be gender-aschematic, describe how you would go about it.
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Chapter 7: Sex, Love, and Romance
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Q1) While conducting a survey of 625 college students, Lippman et al. (2014) found that those who watched romantic comedy movies
A) had strong beliefs in love at first sight.
B) believed that love overcomes all obstacles.
C) were certain about finding the perfect partner.
D) were likely to have a cynical view of relationships.
Q2) How is sex education affected and limited by the traditional stereotypes and stigma against female sexuality? If you were to develop a sex education program for women, what would you include and why?
Q3) Traditionally, masturbation was thought to
A) be acceptable since it was pleasurable.
B) be necessary for a healthy sex life.
C) cause insanity.
D) inhibit sexuality.
Q4) Briefly describe how the representation of women in language, advertising, and popular romance novels contributes to stereotypes of femininity.
Q5) Explain how traditional stereotypes hinder coming out as bisexual or lesbian in heterosexual dating relationships. Provide examples in your discussion.
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Chapter 8: Commitments: Women and Close Relationships
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Q1) In contrast to heterosexual couples, lesbian and gay couples
A) are in solo-income or solo-career relationships.
B) stress relationship dominance that is unlinked to social class.
C) tend to share more leisure activities.
D) lack faith in the institution of marriage.
Q2) Why do some people choose to cohabit?
Q3) The biggest difference across cultures in mate selection was due to a cluster of characteristics reflecting A) gender differences.
B) traditional values.
C) both gender differences and traditional values.
D) intelligence.
Q4) Discuss whether marriage is linked to the psychological well-being of the partners involved.
Q5) In the United States, the median age of a first-time bride
A) has increased in recent years.
B) has decreased in recent years.
C) has increased in the U.S. but decreased in Europe.
D) has increased among Blacks but not among White women.
Q6) What are the factors responsible for women losing out financially with divorce?
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Chapter 9: Mothering
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Q1) Households headed by women are
A) likely to be poor.
B) decreasing in number in the United States.
C) recognized as important family units by our society.
D) a phenomena of the inner city only.
Q2) Mifepristone (formerly RU-486) works by
A) destroying eggs that have left the ovaries.
B) sloughing off the uterine lining.
C) creating an acidic environment in the uterus so a fertilized egg cannot remain viable. D) killing sperms, thereby preventing fertilization.
Q3) ________ is a concept that includes a range of issues, such as the right to comprehensive and unbiased sex education, access to safe and reliable contraception, an end to forced sterilization and forced birth control for poor and minority women, and access to safe and legal abortion.
A) Pronatalism
B) The motherhood mystique
C) The myth of equality
D) Reproductive freedom
Q4) What is meant by the term "reproductive freedom"?
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Chapter 10: Work and Achievement
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Q1) Summarize the benefits of women balancing multiple roles, such as being a spouse, a parent, and a worker.
Q2) What are the consequences resulting from sexual harassment in the workplace?
Q3) Which of the following exemplifies a "two-person career"?
A) A family business allows parents to alternate work and child care.
B) A couple recognizes homemaking as an important job and share the work.
C) A wife is an unofficial contributor to her husband's work.
D) None of these answers is correct.
Q4) How do you define a "successful" woman?
Q5) Which of the following was revealed from a study of over 200 successful African American women attorneys?
A) Their families and teachers had encouraged them to work hard.
B) They had benefited from having access to Black women role models.
C) They had benefited from having access to equal opportunity programs.
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q6) Discuss the costs and benefits of a two-person career for women.
Q7) Discuss some of the ways in which sexism affects women's job satisfaction and achievement.
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Q8) What is retrospective research? Explain with examples.
Q9) Has housework become easier in the last 50 years? Why or why not?
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Chapter 11: The Second Half: Midlife and Aging
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Q1) Older women may enter school or begin a new career later in life. This is often a result of
A) having fewer family responsibilities.
B) redefining the self with new interests and goals.
C) increased income.
D) having fewer family responsibilities and redefining the self with new interests and goals.
Q2) Research suggests that ________ women are most concerned about their appearances and most invested in treating their bodies as improvement projects.
A) working-class
B) African American/Black
C) White middle-class and affluent
D) Latina
Q3) The label used to describe middle-aged women who take responsibility for elderly parents, in-laws, and other relatives is
A) tug-of-war caregiver.
B) multiple role mother.
C) woman in the middle.
D) cross-generational caregiver.
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Chapter 12: Violence Against Women
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Q1) How can the things you have learned throughout the book so far on feminist ideas and concerns be applied to the problem of domestic violence?
Q2) Though people often ask why a battered woman doesn't just leave, research shows that a woman is more likely
A) to leave when she is afraid of her partner.
B) to be injured or killed after she leaves her partner.
C) to leave when her partner's abuse is cyclical.
D) to kill her perpetrator when provoked too often.
Q3) Describe the cycle of violence in battering relationships and how the cycle keeps women in abusive relationships.
Q4) Which of the following statements is true of intimate terrorism?
A) This kind of violence is gender-neutral in heterosexual couples.
B) Women are much more likely to inflict injury than to sustain it.
C) It occurs infrequently in a relationship and rarely escalates.
D) Its motives are rooted in patriarchal tradition.
Q5) Describe the research on rape and sexual assault. How does it differ from stereotypes about sexual attacks?
Q6) Differentiate between common couples violence and patriarchal terrorism.
Q7) What is stalking? Discuss the features of cyberstalking.
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Chapter 13: Psychological Disorders, Therapy, and Womens
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Q1) Which of the following is characterized by a pattern of instability in relationships, self-concept, and emotions accompanied by terror at the idea of abandonment?
A) antisocial personality disorder
B) borderline personality disorder
C) depersonalization disorder
D) factitious disorder
Q2) What is hysteria? Why is hysteria a biased diagnosis?
Q3) Which of the following is a novel approach being used in feminist therapy?
A) There is considerable disparity in power between the patient and the therapist.
B) It involves exercise therapy.
C) It is believed that there is a necessary process of adjustment to social conditions.
D) None of the answers is correct.
Q4) Which of the following is true of women with anorexia?
A) They have intense fears of gaining weight or becoming fat.
B) They have a body image disturbance.
C) They are in denial of the seriousness of their low weight.
D) All of these answers are correct.
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Chapter 14: Making a Difference: Toward a Better Future for Women
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Q1) How have women of color challenged and changed the concepts of feminism and women's issues?
Q2) Which of the following statements is true of contemporary feminism?
A) It is a global movement for empowering women.
B) It is a global movement aimed at young women.
C) It is a global movement to help people work naturally and easily with women.
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q3) How is feminism made into a "women's problem"? What problems are likely to arise because of this attitude?
Q4) Robnett and Anderson (2016) conducted a study to determine whether African-American, Asian-American, and Latina women were likely to identify as feminists. They surveyed 1,140 students at an urban university and asked them for their definitions of feminism and their reasons for identifying (or not) as feminists. Describe the study and its results.
Q5) One common form of backlash is to A) visualize women with babies.
B) label feminists and their ideas as crazy.
C) talk of the "Jekyll and Hyde" story.
D) encounter groups.
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