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Exam 1 Ch.3 Flashcards

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1
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We are mostly ___ in our ideologies according to the book

A

transitional

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2
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Attitudes towards men and women roes

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gender ideologies

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3
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Attitudes Towards Women Scale

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developed during women movement of 1960s , this scale fails at contemporary aspects such as military

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4
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Culture differences in attitudes (Black vs. White)

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Black women are less trad than black men and black men and white men share have similar attitudes towards women in politics, black men are more favorable to women working outside the home that white

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Culture differences in attitudes (China)

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According to Confucianism, women hold lower status, making Chinese more traditional. When it comes to education and working its an extension of domestics

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Modern vs, Traditional Sexism

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Modern says there is no sexism and traditional says yo were different

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Sexism that says women need help cause were frail

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Benevolent

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8
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What three items are benevolent and hostile sexism categorized in?

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Patriarchy, gender differentiation, sexual reproduction

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9
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What kind of sexism is associated with social dominance orientation and endorsement of rape myths?

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Hostile

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10
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Why would women support benevolent sexism?

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Because they get rewards and it doesn’t seem negative in appearance

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11
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What is an example of benevolent discrimination?

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Men holding a door

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12
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Who scores highest on homophobia?

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Males, and non-White, teen men

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13
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Jokes, insults, antigay comments

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Heterosexual Hassles

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14
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Who is most likely to be harassed on LGBT?

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Young males

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15
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Women score higher on ____ sexism than men

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Hostile

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16
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Features we assign to men and women on our society, not biological

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Gender-role stereotypes

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17
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How people ARE i.e. nurturing women

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Descriptive

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18
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How we think people OUGHT to behave due to their sex

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Prescriptive

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19
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Category and target based expectancies

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When you don’t know much about a person but you expect based on the category they are in (sex) or the target (the specific person)

20
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Older people and stereotypes

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Since men are supposed to be more competent, they see more of a decline with age

21
Q

In an ethnic study which group of women rated least sociable

A

Asian American

22
Q

Homosexuality and Stereotypes (Masculinity and Femininity)

A

Males and Lesbians are masculine, gay men and females and feminine

23
Q

Homosexuality and Media study

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Negative to start, and negative and negative image, but positive portrayal of a character and positive beliefs are associated

24
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Children that are under age 5 and stereotype

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can link feminine toys and masculine (18-42 months females, 31 months males)

25
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Children 5-6 stereotypes

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Category based not target

26
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Children 7-8 stereotypes

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girls how they look boys what they do more individuating

27
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Do subtypes decrease stereotypes?

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No, successful African American is still stereotyping

28
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Feminism lite

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Women preferred a more feminine speaker than not, and appearance did not affect non feminist women

29
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What are three feminist stereotypes?

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  1. Hate men
  2. Unattractive
  3. Lesbian
30
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Just know that

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if it doesn’t fit into our stereotype we disconfirm it or make a subtype

31
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According to this theory we are more likely to make dispositional attributions for a behavior that is not normative, but unique

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Correspondant inference theory (crying in comedy is not normative so we assume they are sensitive)

32
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The penalty that is imposed on people for counterstereostypical behavior

A

Backlash effect

33
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Are stereotypes easier to change when it is clear or ambiguous?

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Clear cause you can measure it better

34
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Prototype approach

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Will makes all gay guys bad

35
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Why is it difficult to research gender role stereotypes?

A

We do not have objective measures of many traits and behaviors

36
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Term saying we might have one standard for defining behavior for one group, but another standard for defining behavior in another group

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Shifting Standard

37
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How does the shifting standard make it difficult to compare men and women

A

We have different standards for defining a behavior for men and women (sports and aggressive behavior)

38
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Stereotypes and Status

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Men and Women of high status are more instrumental and assertive

39
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Stereotypes are ___ based expectancies

A

Category

40
Q

People se a correspondence between a mentally healthy person and a mentally healthy

A

male

41
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What four things influence gender role stereotypes?

A
  1. Age
  2. Race
  3. Class
  4. Sexual Orientation
42
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What is one way stereotypes are positive?

A

They helps simplify information-processing

43
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What are four things we do that makes it hard to alter stereotypes?

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  1. Create subtype
  2. Make a situational attributes
  3. Fail to recall it
  4. Ignore the information
44
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What is one way to alter a stereotype?

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Present them with an example of someone who disconfirms the stereotype

45
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Why is it difficult to find if stereotypes are accurate?

A

The shifting standard

46
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Ann Hopkins and David Shorer

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Ann was a famous sex discrimination case who was denied partnership, and Shorer was a famous transsexual case the first

47
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Conditions that Foster Stereotyping (2)

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  1. When an individual is unique in his or her category

2. When the group to which an individual belongs is incongruent with the persons role

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