PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN AND GENDER
EXAM 2026 FULL PRACTICE TEST WITH
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ hostile sexism. Answer: beliefs about women that seem to be kind
or benevolent; women are seen as pure beings who sohould be
protected and adored
◉ feminist. Answer: a person who favors political, economic, and
social equality of women and men, and therefore favors the legal and
social changes necessary to achieve that equality
◉ modern sexism. Answer: subtle prejudice beliefs about women.
also termed neosexim
◉ gender similarities. Answer: ways in which males and females are
similar rather than different
◉ psychological measurement. Answer: the process of assigning
numbers to people's characteristics, such as aggressiveness or
intelligence
, ◉ overgeneralization. Answer: a research error in which the results
are said to apply to a broader group than the one samples; for
example, saying that results from an all-male sample are true for all
people
◉ quasi-experimental design. Answer: a research design that uses
two or more groups, but participants are not randomly assigned to
groups so it is not a true experiment. an example is two-group
designs comparing males and females
◉ experimenter effects. Answer: when some characteristics of the
experimenter affect the way participants behave and therefore affect
the research outcome
◉ observer effects. Answer: when the researcher's expectations
affect his or her observations and recording of the data
◉ female deficit model. Answer: a theory or interpretation of
research in which women's behavior is seen as deficit
◉ gender-fair research. Answer: research that is free of gender bias
◉ feminist research. Answer: research growing out of feminist
theory, which seeks radical reform of traditional research methods
EXAM 2026 FULL PRACTICE TEST WITH
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ hostile sexism. Answer: beliefs about women that seem to be kind
or benevolent; women are seen as pure beings who sohould be
protected and adored
◉ feminist. Answer: a person who favors political, economic, and
social equality of women and men, and therefore favors the legal and
social changes necessary to achieve that equality
◉ modern sexism. Answer: subtle prejudice beliefs about women.
also termed neosexim
◉ gender similarities. Answer: ways in which males and females are
similar rather than different
◉ psychological measurement. Answer: the process of assigning
numbers to people's characteristics, such as aggressiveness or
intelligence
, ◉ overgeneralization. Answer: a research error in which the results
are said to apply to a broader group than the one samples; for
example, saying that results from an all-male sample are true for all
people
◉ quasi-experimental design. Answer: a research design that uses
two or more groups, but participants are not randomly assigned to
groups so it is not a true experiment. an example is two-group
designs comparing males and females
◉ experimenter effects. Answer: when some characteristics of the
experimenter affect the way participants behave and therefore affect
the research outcome
◉ observer effects. Answer: when the researcher's expectations
affect his or her observations and recording of the data
◉ female deficit model. Answer: a theory or interpretation of
research in which women's behavior is seen as deficit
◉ gender-fair research. Answer: research that is free of gender bias
◉ feminist research. Answer: research growing out of feminist
theory, which seeks radical reform of traditional research methods
