PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN AND GENDER
EXAM 2026 FULL PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ Communion. Answer: Emphasizes a concern for your relationship
with other people
◉ Agency. Answer: Describes a concern with your own self- interests
◉ Explicit Gender Stereotypes. Answer: The kind supplied then one
is aware they are being tested
◉ Implicit Gender Stereotypes. Answer: The authentic stereotypes
that people reveal when they are not aware their gender stereotypes
are being assessed.
◉ Hostile Sexism. Answer: A blatant kind of sexism that is based on
the idea that women should be subservient to men and should
"know their place"
◉ Benevolent Sexism. Answer: A more subtle kind of sexism that
argues for women's special niceness and purity
, ◉ Ambivalent Sexism. Answer: A combination of hostile and
benevolent sexism
◉ Sexual Prejudice. Answer: A negative attitude that individuals
hold against someone because of her or his sexual orientation
◉ Gender polarization. Answer: Encourages people to downgrade
individuals who deviate from this rigid role definition
◉ Attributions. Answer: Explanations about the causes of a person's
behavior
◉ Self-fulfilling Prophecy. Answer: Your expectations about someone
may lead him of her to act in ways that confirm your original
expectation
◉ Prenatal Period. Answer: The time before birth
◉ Infancy. Answer: Period of life between birth and 18 months
◉ Sex Chromosomes. Answer: These are what determine whether
the embryo will be genetically female or male
◉ Androgen. Answer: One of the male sex hormones
EXAM 2026 FULL PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ Communion. Answer: Emphasizes a concern for your relationship
with other people
◉ Agency. Answer: Describes a concern with your own self- interests
◉ Explicit Gender Stereotypes. Answer: The kind supplied then one
is aware they are being tested
◉ Implicit Gender Stereotypes. Answer: The authentic stereotypes
that people reveal when they are not aware their gender stereotypes
are being assessed.
◉ Hostile Sexism. Answer: A blatant kind of sexism that is based on
the idea that women should be subservient to men and should
"know their place"
◉ Benevolent Sexism. Answer: A more subtle kind of sexism that
argues for women's special niceness and purity
, ◉ Ambivalent Sexism. Answer: A combination of hostile and
benevolent sexism
◉ Sexual Prejudice. Answer: A negative attitude that individuals
hold against someone because of her or his sexual orientation
◉ Gender polarization. Answer: Encourages people to downgrade
individuals who deviate from this rigid role definition
◉ Attributions. Answer: Explanations about the causes of a person's
behavior
◉ Self-fulfilling Prophecy. Answer: Your expectations about someone
may lead him of her to act in ways that confirm your original
expectation
◉ Prenatal Period. Answer: The time before birth
◉ Infancy. Answer: Period of life between birth and 18 months
◉ Sex Chromosomes. Answer: These are what determine whether
the embryo will be genetically female or male
◉ Androgen. Answer: One of the male sex hormones
