Topic 2 quiz Flashcards
A Black woman experiences racial discrimination. In response to the stress of discrimination, she overeats and gains weight, which increases her likelihood of being diagnosed with diabetes and/or heart disease. This example aligns with which of the following?
Question 1 options:
unmitigated agency
minority stress theory
implicit physician bias
gender role theory
B
What was the main finding of Beusekom et al. (2018) in terms of gender non-conformity and mental health issues among individuals who identify as LGB?
Question 2 options:
Gender nonconformity shared a negative correlation with mental health problems, but only in cases where the individual had experienced support from family and friends.
Gender nonconformity was related to more mental health problems via increased experiences with homophobic stigmatization and to less mental health problems because of reduced levels of internalized homophobia.
Gender nonconformity shared an inverse relationship with the severity of mental health problems for individuals who were biologically females, but not for biologically male individuals.
Gender nonconformity was related to less mental health problems via increased self-acceptance, but played no role in the prevalence of mental health problems.
B
Which two factors were found by Douglas and Sutton (2014) to be significant driving mediators of the effect of gender on attitudes toward sexist language?
Question 3 options:
Right-wing authoritarianism and benevolent sexism
Social dominance orientation and system justification
System justification and age
Racism and Social dominance orientation
B
Which of the following findings provides direct support for the Whorfian hypothesis?
Question 4 options:
Use of generic masculine language decreases beliefs and gender stereotypes.
Having a broader vocabulary for appearance-related words specifically directed at females is associated with focusing on women’s appearance.
People who speak in languages with grammatical gender report more egalitarian beliefs about gender.
Bilingual individuals are less likely to endorse sexist beliefs.
B
What best describes how researchers typically differentiate between the meanings of violence and aggression?
Question 5 options:
Not all violence is aggression but all aggression is violence.
Violence includes all forms of direct aggression but not indirect aggression.
Violence usually refers to severe forms of physical aggression.
Researchers typically use violence and aggression interchangeably.
C
Linguist Nic Subtirelu found that authors use the trait ______ more often to describe women than men and the trait ______ more often to describe men and women.
Question 6 options:
paranoid; bossy
conscientious; extraverted
nagging; controlling
pushy; condescending
D
According to Dr. Lisa Diamond which of the following statements is TRUE?
Question 7 options:
The majority of people with same sex attractions are found only in certain parts of the world.
Most individuals are more ‘fixed’ in their sexual preferences than research has originally reported.
Men are more sexually fluid than women.
Change in sexual attraction is more common than stability.
D
What is ‘free cortisol’?
Question 8 options:
2 provided responses are correct
The portion of binding cortisol that is biologically active, and kicks in amid activation of the sympathetic nervous system.
The fraction of circulating cortisol that is biologically active and exerts its effects on target cells.
The fraction of circulating cortisol in the blood that is not bound to CBG or incorporated within a negative feedback loop of the CNS.
A (C and D are correct)
In what time period did the earliest known reference to sexual orientation appear?
Question 9 options:
in ancient Rome
during the sexual revolution of the 1960s
during the Middle Ages
in the late 19th century
D
One might change the phrase “to boldly go where no man has gone before” to “to boldly go where no one has gone before” in order to not use language reflecting _________.
Question 10 options:
the generic masculine
political correctness
benevolent sexism
Whorfian norms
A
Which of the following is negatively correlated with sex differences in depression?
Question 11 options:
age
traditional gender roles
poverty rates
gender equality
D
In which of the following causes of death should sex differences be the SMALLEST?
Question 12 options:
neurodegenerative disease
homicides
accidents
suicides
A
Cheng and colleagues (2011) created a computer program to test whether it could learn to distinguish the writings of men and women. To what extent could the computer program accurately identify whether something was written by a man or woman?
Question 13 options:
well above chance (about 80% accuracy)
no better than chance (about 50% accuracy)
inaccurately (below 20%)
100% accurate
A
Which of the following best describes sex differences in cyberbullying?
Question 14 options:
They are small and depend upon age.
Boys are more likely than girls to cyberbully at a young age but then become more prone to traditional bullying as they mature.
Girls are more likely to cyberbully than boys until their mid-20s.
Sex differences only emerge in adulthood and favour males.
A
In what way does having two X chromosomes provide a health advantage for girls and women?
Question 15 options:
X chromosomes are less likely to carry genetic diseases.
Having two X chromosomes triggers the production of hormones that strengthen the immune system.
Having two X chromosomes allows normal genes on one X chromosome to override any abnormalities on the other.
X chromosomes are less susceptible to genetic mutations.
C
