chapter 5- true or false

Question 1

true or false-The contents of gender stereotypes tend to vary a
lot from one culture to another?

Answer 1

False: The contents of
gender stereotypes are largely consistent across
cultures, with some exceptions.

Question 2

true or false-In the United States, the strength of people’s gender
stereotypes has not weakened over the past several
decades?

Answer 2

True: Gender stereotypes are endorsed just as
strongly today as they were in the mid-1980s.

Question 3

true or false-Stereotypes about people who fall into multiple
social identity categories (e.g., gay Black men) can be
understood by combining or adding up the stereotypes
of the individual groups that form the identity (e.g., gay
people, Black people, and men)?

Answer 3

False: Stereotypes
about people who occupy multiple subordinate social
identity categories often contain unique elements that
are not found in the stereotypes of any of the individual
groups.

Question 4

true or false-Gender stereotypes largely map onto the types of
social roles and occupations that women and men
perform?

Answer 4

True: Social role theory argues and finds that
gender stereotypes accurately reflect the distributions of
women and men into sex-based labor and role divisions.

Question 5

true or false-Being reminded of a negative gender stereotype can
cause people to behave consistently with the stereotype?

Answer 5

True: When people are reminded of negative
stereotypes about their gender group, this can cause
anxious arousal and preoccupation that causes them to
confirm the stereotype.