chapter 2- true and false

Question 1

true or false- Gender researchers disagree about whether or not it
is appropriate to study sex differences?

Answer 1

True: There is a
long-standing debate among gender researchers about
whether or not it is appropriate and ethical to study sex
differences

Question 2

true or false-If a study finds that different sexes vary on some variable of interest (e.g., the frequency of smiling behaviour), the researcher can therefore conclude that sex (being female, male, or something else) causes differences in smiling behaviour?

Answer 2

False: Because sex and
gender identity are not true independent variables—that
is, they cannot be manipulated, nor can people be
randomly assigned to occupy different levels of them—
researchers cannot draw cause-and-effect conclusions
from studies that compare people of different sexes

Question 3

true or false-Qualitative methods (non-numerical methods that
involve in-depth interpretations, such as case studies)
are defined as nonscientific?

Answer 3

False: Qualitative methods
are scientific. Science is a systematic, empirical way of investigating the world, and it consists of both quantitative and qualitative methods.

Question 4

true or false-Across most psychological variables, sex differences
are generally small?

Answer 4

True: Sex differences on most
psychological variables are in the close-to-zero and small
ranges

Question 5

true or false-Psychological science, if done correctly, can be truly
objective and unbiased?

Answer 5

False: Psychological science is
not truly objective because researchers always bring
biases to their studies