Question 1

Hip-hop feminism

Accepted Answer

A)  focuses on feminism as practiced on college campuses by women of color. 
B)  draws energy from hip-hop culture and leads women to an analysis of both racism and sexism in society. 
C)  helps African American women reconcile themselves to the racism and sexism in the wider culture. 
D)  attempts to ignore the multiracial nature of discrimination and highlight the primacy of ethnicity. 
A)  focuses on feminism as practiced on college campuses by women of color. 
B)  draws energy from hip-hop culture and leads women to an analysis of both racism and sexism in society. 
C)  helps African American women reconcile themselves to the racism and sexism in the wider culture. 
D)  attempts to ignore the multiracial nature of discrimination and highlight the primacy of ethnicity.

Question 2

One similarity between the men's movement and the women's movement is

Accepted Answer

A)  their shared political goal of equal rights for all people. 
B)  their emphasis on the individual rather than membership in any group. 
C)  their proposal that oppression can be traced to society rather than to men. 
D)  their questioning of male and female gender roles. 
A)  their shared political goal of equal rights for all people. 
B)  their emphasis on the individual rather than membership in any group. 
C)  their proposal that oppression can be traced to society rather than to men. 
D)  their questioning of male and female gender roles.

Question 3

According to Freud's theory, an important event in the development of gender differences is

Accepted Answer

A)  appropriate reinforcement for gender-typical behaviors. 
B)  perception of the differences in anatomy between the sexes. 
C)  initiation of sexuality by the parent of the other gender. 
D)  fantasies of sexual activity involving adults. 
A)  appropriate reinforcement for gender-typical behaviors. 
B)  perception of the differences in anatomy between the sexes. 
C)  initiation of sexuality by the parent of the other gender. 
D)  fantasies of sexual activity involving adults.

Question 4

Those who prefer the term gender rather than sex argue that use of the term sex differences

Accepted Answer

A)  fails to make important biological distinctions. 
B)  carries implications of biological differences when no such underlying basis has been found. 
C)  has been inappropriately applied to fields other than psychology. 
D)  has been too limited, with researchers failing to extend the research to sociology and anthropology. 
A)  fails to make important biological distinctions. 
B)  carries implications of biological differences when no such underlying basis has been found. 
C)  has been inappropriately applied to fields other than psychology. 
D)  has been too limited, with researchers failing to extend the research to sociology and anthropology.

Question 5

The functionalist school of psychology was influenced by

Accepted Answer

A)  Darwin's theory of evolution and adaptation. 
B)  Skinner's formulation of operant conditioning principles. 
C)  Freud's theory of the unconscious. 
D)  Gibson's formulation of structural boundaries. 
A)  Darwin's theory of evolution and adaptation. 
B)  Skinner's formulation of operant conditioning principles. 
C)  Freud's theory of the unconscious. 
D)  Gibson's formulation of structural boundaries.

Question 6

Those who believe that the differences between the sexes are due to nurture hold that

Accepted Answer

A)  differences between the sexes are biologically based. 
B)  differences between the sexes are based on social and cultural factors. 
C)  a mixture of biological and social factors creates differences. 
D)  genetic but not hormonal factors are the source of the differences. 
A)  differences between the sexes are biologically based. 
B)  differences between the sexes are based on social and cultural factors. 
C)  a mixture of biological and social factors creates differences. 
D)  genetic but not hormonal factors are the source of the differences.

Question 7

The National Council of Women Psychologists

Accepted Answer

A)  formed during World War I as an international effort to aid the war. 
B)  became Division 35 of the American Psychological Association after repeatedly petitioning for division status. 
C)  petitioned to the American Psychological Association to become a division but never succeeded. 
D)  excluded men from its membership, alienating male psychologists. 
A)  formed during World War I as an international effort to aid the war. 
B)  became Division 35 of the American Psychological Association after repeatedly petitioning for division status. 
C)  petitioned to the American Psychological Association to become a division but never succeeded. 
D)  excluded men from its membership, alienating male psychologists.

Question 8

Individual differences, including gender differences, were of interest to which group of early psychologists?

Accepted Answer

A)  structuralists 
B)  mnemonists 
C)  functionalists 
D)  maximalists 
A)  structuralists 
B)  mnemonists 
C)  functionalists 
D)  maximalists

Question 9

When Latina women in the United States voice feminist values,

Accepted Answer

A)  they are likely to meet with the criticism that they are rejecting the values of their culture. 
B)  they find it easier to find a women's group to join than African American women do. 
C)  they are more likely to be recent immigrants and thus less acculturated than Latina women who were born in the United States. 
D)  they find it easier to join women's groups with Native American women than groups with other ethnicities. 
A)  they are likely to meet with the criticism that they are rejecting the values of their culture. 
B)  they find it easier to find a women's group to join than African American women do. 
C)  they are more likely to be recent immigrants and thus less acculturated than Latina women who were born in the United States. 
D)  they find it easier to join women's groups with Native American women than groups with other ethnicities.

Question 10

The Promise Keepers believe that

Accepted Answer

A)  men should reappraise their status as breadwinners and heads of household to form more egalitarian relationships with wives. 
B)  men should reclaim their role as heads of their households. 
C)  men should honor their commitments to their families. 
D)  both b and c 
E)  all of the above 
A)  men should reappraise their status as breadwinners and heads of household to form more egalitarian relationships with wives. 
B)  men should reclaim their role as heads of their households. 
C)  men should honor their commitments to their families. 
D)  both b and c 
E)  all of the above

Question 11

Naomi Weisstein's 1968 paper contended that psychology had discovered nothing about women because

Accepted Answer

A)  there were no women in the field of psychology. 
B)  male psychologists had approached the study of women with too many biases. 
C)  women had not been the subjects of study for psychology research. 
D)  men cannot understand women through research. 
A)  there were no women in the field of psychology. 
B)  male psychologists had approached the study of women with too many biases. 
C)  women had not been the subjects of study for psychology research. 
D)  men cannot understand women through research.

Hip-hop feminism

One similarity between the men's movement and the women's movement is

According to Freud's theory, an important event in the development of gender differences is

Those who prefer the term gender rather than sex argue that use of the term sex differences

The functionalist school of psychology was influenced by

Those who believe that the differences between the sexes are due to nurture hold that

The National Council of Women Psychologists

Individual differences, including gender differences, were of interest to which group of early psychologists?

When Latina women in the United States voice feminist values,

The Promise Keepers believe that

Naomi Weisstein's 1968 paper contended that psychology had discovered nothing about women because

Researching Sex and Gender

Gender Stereotypes: Masculinity and Femininity

Hormones and Chromosomes

Theories of Gender Development

Developing Gender Identity

Intelligence and Cognitive Abilities

Emotion

Relationships

Sexuality

School

Careers and Work

Health and Fitness

Stress, Coping, and Psychopathology

Treatment for Mental Disorders

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Exam 1: The Study of Gender

Hip-hop feminism

One similarity between the men's movement and the women's movement is

According to Freud's theory, an important event in the development of gender differences is

Those who prefer the term gender rather than sex argue that use of the term sex differences

The functionalist school of psychology was influenced by

Those who believe that the differences between the sexes are due to nurture hold that

The National Council of Women Psychologists

Individual differences, including gender differences, were of interest to which group of early psychologists?

When Latina women in the United States voice feminist values,

The Promise Keepers believe that

Naomi Weisstein's 1968 paper contended that psychology had discovered nothing about women because

Researching Sex and Gender

Gender Stereotypes: Masculinity and Femininity

Hormones and Chromosomes

Theories of Gender Development

Developing Gender Identity

Intelligence and Cognitive Abilities

Emotion

Relationships

Sexuality

School

Careers and Work

Health and Fitness

Stress, Coping, and Psychopathology

Treatment for Mental Disorders

How Different

Filters