SOLUTION MANUAL FOR The Psychology of Women and Gender 8th Edition by Margaret Matlin, Rebecca Foushee

SOLUTION MANUAL FOR
The Psychology of Women and Gender 8th Edition
by Margaret Matlin, Rebecca Foushee


8th Edition

, Contents

Syllabus from Dr. Matlin’s Course 1
Research Project Handout 8
Details About Research Projects 13
Chapter Outlines 18
Test Bank 127
1 Introduction 127
2 Gender Stereotypes and Other Gender Biases 151
3 Infancy and Childhood 171
4 Adolescence 194
5 Gender Comparisons in Cognitive Abilities and
Attitudes About Achievement 213
6 Gender Comparisons in Social and
Personality Characteristics 232
7 Women and Work 248
8 Love Relationships 269
9 Sexuality 288
10 Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood 307
11 Women and Physical Health 324
12 Women and Psychological Health 343
13 Violence Against Women 361
14 Women and Older Adulthood 378
15 Moving Onward . . . 395

, SYLLABUS FROM
DR. MARGARET W. MATLIN’S COURSE


My syllabus changes somewhat from one semester to the next, but the syllabus below is the
version I used in Fall Semester, 2010. (However, the textbook for that course was the 6th edition.)
I think it’s important for a syllabus to include a brief description of the course, as well as the
goals. From the first page of the syllabus, students should be able to understand the general
scope of the course.

You can find several additional syllabi for courses on the Psychology of Women or the
Psychology of Gender on the website for the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (Division 2 of i i i i i i i i i i i i i i




the American Psychological Association): http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/index.php
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Scroll down the list of courses on the right-hand side, and you will find the topic “Women and Gender.”
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Additional note: Psychology of Women Quarterly now includes a “Teaching Section” in each issue. It
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features between one and three short articles in each issue, which focus on topics related to women
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and gender, such as critical thinking, social class, social justice advocacy. I am the current editor of this
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Teaching Section; please email me at , if you have an idea about a potential
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article related to this teaching!
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On the first day of class, students also receive a description of the Psychology of Women Research
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Project, an important component of my course. Later in this document you can find a description of
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this project, as well as some details about the project.
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SYLLABUS

Course DESCRIPTION i




The purpose of this course is to examine the lives of girls and women. We will include topics such
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as gender stereotypes, the development of gender roles, gender comparisons, women and work,
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love relationships, sexuality, women’s physical and mental health, violence against women, and
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women in later adulthood. Students who take this course should acquire a better understanding
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about girls, women, and gender in North America.
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As the course instructor, i’m hopeful that each of you will work toward the following goals:
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1. To understand the relevant information about the lives of girls and women—as well as
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Gender—with a particular emphasis on the complexity of the issues. i i i i i i i i i




2. To develop critical-thinking skills, so that you can evaluate both the research in professional
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Journals and information described in the popular media.
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3. To know how to design your own psychology research project, to conduct the research, and to write
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an appropriately professional summary of your own research, emphasizing the potential
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methodological flaws and strengths in your study. i i i i i i




4. To explore your own ideas and attitudes about gender, appreciating that we do not need to be
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Constrained by our culture’s traditional gender roles. i i i i i i




5. To appreciate the inequalities that many individuals face, based on social categories other than
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gender. These categories include age, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social class,
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and country of residence. We will also consider some information about inequalities in other
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cultures, outside North America. i i i




Reading MATERIALS i




Our textbook for the course will be:
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Matlin, M. W. (2008). The psychology of women (6th ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage/Wadsworth.
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You’ll need to use this 6th edition, which has a brown and gold cover and a photo of a girl, a young
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woman, and an older woman. This edition has more than 1,400 new references that were published
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since theearlier 5th edition, as well as manyconcepts and research-based studies that werenot
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Discussed inthe 5th edition. (Donotusethe 5th edition, whichhasapurplecoverand a i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i




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