Midterm 1

Question 1

What is “Doing Gender”

Answer 1

expressing gender in social situations by perceiving gender in others and providing messages based on ones own gender identity

Question 2

Social biases

Answer 2

• sexism
• racism
• classism
• ableism
• heterosexism
• ageism

Question 3

Feminist Approaches

Answer 3

• liberal
• cultural
• radical
• women of colour

Question 4

liberal feminism

Answer 4

giving men and women same rights and opportunities

Question 5

cultural feminism

Answer 5

gender differences that value women rather than equality

Question 6

radical feminism

Answer 6

sexism permeates society, change societal structures

Question 7

women of colour feminism

Answer 7

feminism should address other important dimensions such as ethnicity and social class

Question 8

Similarities perspective

Answer 8

women and men are generally similar

Question 9

social constructionism

Answer 9

individuals and cultures construct or invent their own versions of reality based on social interactions and beliefs

Question 10

differences perspective

Answer 10

men and women are generally different

Question 11

essentialism

Answer 11

basic unchangeable inborn characteristics based on biology

Question 12

stanley hall

Answer 12

first APA president

Question 13

Mary calkin

Answer 13

first women to complete all requirement for psyc PhD

Question 14

alpha bias

Answer 14

exaggeration of differences between the sexes

Question 15

beta bias

Answer 15

ignores differences between men and women

Question 16

two types of beta bias

Answer 16

androcentrism: understanding what is normal being drawn from research that involves all male samples

gynocentrism: understanding what is normal is being drawn from all female samples

Question 17

gender biases

Answer 17

gender stereotypes: belief about women based on gender
gender prejudice: emotional reactions
gender discrimination: differential treatment because of gender

Question 18

ambivalent sexism

Answer 18

combination of hostile and benevolent sexism

Question 19

hostile sexism

Answer 19

blatant, non traditional behaviour by women brings hostility and disrespect

Question 20

benevolent sexism

Answer 20

women who hold traditional gender roles are cherished and likeable

Question 21

social cognitive approach

Answer 21

humans divide things into groups and assign characteristics. creates errors in our thinking

Question 22

gender typing

Answer 22

process children acquire their knowledge about gender and how they develop their gender related personality characteristics, self concepts and behaviours

Question 23

atypical prenatal developments

Answer 23

intersected individual: birth sex characteristics aren’t clearly male or female

congenital adrenal hyperplasia: female receives excessive androgen, genital appear masculine at birth

androgen-insensitivity syndrome: male doesn’t respond to androgen, genital appears female

Question 24

social learning approach

Answer 24

reward and punishment, observational and modelling

Question 25

cognitive developmental approach

Answer 25

children are active thinkers and use information around them to develop gender schemas

Question 26

children’s behaviours and thoughts are important

Answer 26

children model their behaviour after reward for gender appropriate behaviour.