Test Bank for The Psychology of Women and Gender, 10th Edition, Nicole M. Else-Quest, Janet Shibley Hyde

TEST BANK FOR THE WORLD OF PSYCHOLOGY, 8TH CANADIAN EDITION, SAMUEL E. WOOD, ELLEN GREEN WOOD, DENISE BOYD, EILEEN WOOD, SERGE DESMARAIS Chapter 1: Introduction Test Bank Multiple Choice 1. The term “gender” refers to ______. A. the culturally imposed roles of males and females B. the state of being male, female, both male and female, or neither male nor female C. social construction D. biological aspects of masculinity and femininity Ans: B Learning Objective: Explain the difference between sex, gender, transgender, and cisgender. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Sex, Gender, Transgender, and Cisgender Difficulty Level: Easy 2. A person who is cisgender ______. A. has a gender identity that matches the gender they were assigned at birth B. has a gender identity that does not match the gender they were assigned at birth C. is intersex D. is a trans woman Ans: A Learning Objective: Explain the difference between sex, gender, transgender, and cisgender. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Sex, Gender, Transgender, and Cisgender Difficulty Level: Easy 3. Enrica had female anatomy at birth, was raised as a girl, and has a female identity. Enrica is a ______. A. trans woman B. heterosexual woman C. cis woman D. intersex woman Ans: C Learning Objective: Explain the difference between sex, gender, transgender, and cisgender. Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: Sex, Gender, Transgender, and Cisgender Difficulty Level: Easy 4. The ______ is a system of conceptualizing gender as having two distinct and opposing groups or kinds, male and female. A. gender binary B. gender positivism C. gender epistemology D. gender identity Ans: A Learning Objective: Explain the difference between sex, gender, transgender, and cisgender. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Sex, Gender, Transgender, and Cisgender Difficulty Level: Easy 5. Bias that recognizes a person’s birth-assigned gender but not their gender identity is known as ______. A. sexism B. genderism C. cisgenderism D. identity bias Ans: C Learning Objective: Explain the difference between sex, gender, transgender, and cisgender. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Sex, Gender, Transgender, and Cisgender Difficulty Level: Easy 6. “Sexism” can be defined as ______. A. harassment on the basis of gender B. discrimination or bias against people based on their gender C. men’s negative attitudes toward women D. women’s negative attitudes toward men Ans: B Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Sexism Difficulty Level: Easy 7. Today, old-fashioned sexism has been replaced by more covert or subtle prejudiced beliefs about women also known as ______. A. hostile sexism B. benevolent sexism C. modern sexism D. ambivalent sexism Ans: C Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Sexism Difficulty Level: Medium 8. Benevolent sexism ______. A. is not really sexism B. is harmless C. is good for women D. stereotypes women as weak and dependent Ans: D Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Sexism Difficulty Level: Medium 9. A study of male and female STEM students found ______. A. girls were more likely to receive discouraging messages from teachers than from boys B. girls experienced hostile sexism C. boys experienced benevolent sexism D. both hostile and benevolent sexism were linked to women actually performing worse in their STEM classes Ans: D Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Sexism Difficulty Level: Medium 10. Negative, resentful attitudes toward women and adversarial beliefs about gender relations are also known as ______. A. neosexism B. hostile sexism C. benevolent sexism D. feminism Ans: B Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Sexism Difficulty Level: Easy 11. Modern sexism involves which of the following? A. a denial that there is continuing discrimination against women B. antagonistic feelings about women’s “demands” C. resentment about perceived special favors granted to women D. all of these Ans: D Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Sexism Difficulty Level: Easy 12. ______ is the term for the belief that women should be honored, put on a pedestal, and viewed as pure beings who should be protected. A. Benevolent sexism B. Hostile sexism C. Neosexism D. Feminism Ans: A Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Sexism Difficulty Level: Easy 13. “Feminist” can be defined as ______. A. a person who wants more power for women B. a person who favors more rights for women than for men C. a person who conforms to the traditional role for women D. a person who favors political, economic, and social equality of all people regardless of gender Ans: D Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Feminism Difficulty Level: Easy 14. Intersectionality is defined as ______. A. a part of feminist theory B. another term for modern sexism C. an approach that simultaneously considers the meaning and consequences of multiple categories of identity D. both a part of feminist theory and an approach that simultaneously considers the meaning and consequences of multiple categories of identity Ans: D Learning Objective: Identify the major themes in the psychology of women and gender. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Intersectionality of Gender Difficulty Level: Medium 15. Professor Garcia is conducting research on the conceptualization of femininity among African American women, Latinx women, Asian American women, Native American women, and White women. Professor Garcia is applying an approach called ______. A. experimental design B. overgeneralization C. intersectionality D. cross-sectionality Ans: C Learning Objective: Identify the major themes in the psychology of women and gender. Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: Intersectionality of Gender Difficulty Level: Medium 16. The term for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with genitals or reproductive anatomy that are not typical of females or males is ______. A. transgender B. cisgender C. gender binary D. intersex Ans: D Learning Objective: Identify the major themes in the psychology of women and gender. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Critiquing the Gender Binary Difficulty Level: Easy 17. Studies of bias in the design of psychological research indicate that ______. A. males are disproportionately represented as participants B. females are disproportionately represented as participants, reflecting a fascination with the “mysteriousness” of women C. a disproportionate amount of research has been done on disturbed women D. males and females tend to be represented equally as participants Ans: A Learning Objective: Summarize the sources of bias in psychological research. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Bias in Research Design Difficulty Level: Medium 18. A definition of “psychological measurement” is ______. A. the process of assigning numbers to characteristics of people B. quantitative research C. qualitative research D. an experiment Ans: A Learning Objective: Summarize the sources of bias in psychological research. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Bias in Research Design Difficulty Level: Easy 19. A research error in which the results are said to apply to a broader group than the one sampled is called ______. A. sampling bias B. probability sampling C. observer effect D. overgeneralization Ans: D Learning Objective: Summarize the sources of bias in psychological research. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Bias in Research Design Difficulty Level: Easy 20. Using a single-gender sample and then interpreting the results as if they were true of all people is an example of ______. A. the error of overgeneralization B. a problem with imprecise psychological measurement C. a particular kind of observer effect D. a tendency to stereotype Ans: A Learning Objective: Summarize the sources of bias in psychological research. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Bias in Research Design Difficulty Level: Medium 21. A study that compares two groups--males and females--on aggressive behavior is an example of a(n) ______. A. experimental design B. quasi-experimental design C. case study D. correlational study Ans: B Learning Objective: Summarize the sources of bias in psychological research. Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: Bias in Research Design Difficulty Level: Medium 22. Feminist scholars advocate which approach for overcoming problems of bias in theoretical models and stereotyped research questions? A. perform better-controlled experiments B. go to the community of people to be studied and ask them what the significant questions are C. ask feminists what the important questions are D. use Freudian theory Ans: B Learning Objective: Summarize the sources of bias in psychological research. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Bias in Theory Difficulty Level: Easy 23. A male psychologist is interested in finding out whether there are gender differences in a certain personality characteristic. He administers a paper-and-pencil test of this characteristic to a group of male and female students and then checks statistically to find out whether there are gender differences. Which one of the following biases is likely to be present in that research? A. experimenter effects B. biased theoretical model C. all of these D. none of these Ans: A Learning Objective: Summarize the sources of bias in psychological research. Cognitive Domain: Application Answer Location: Bias in Data Collection Difficulty Level: Hard 24. A researcher uses observation as a method to study gender differences in helping behaviors among preschool. The researcher expects to find more helping behaviors from girls and ends up observing more helping behaviors from girls than boys. This might be an example of ______. A. benevolent sexism B. biased theoretical model C. observer effects D. none of these Ans: C Learning Objective: Summarize the sources of bias in psychological research. Cognitive Domain: Application Answer Location: Bias in Data Collection Difficulty Level: Medium 25. The technical procedure that is generally used to guard against observer effects is a ______. A. experiment B. natural observation C. laboratory study D. blind study Ans: D Learning Objective: Summarize the sources of bias in psychological research. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Bias in Data Collection Difficulty Level: Easy 26. A researcher on gender differences finds that females estimate that they will get fewer points on a test than males estimate they will get. The researcher concludes that this indicates that women are lacking in self-confidence. This is an example of ______. A. bias in choice of participants B. experimenter effects C. biased interpretation of results D. publication bias Ans: C Learning Objective: Summarize the sources of bias in psychological research. Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: Bias in Interpretation of Results Difficulty Level: Medium 27. An interpretation of research results in which women's behavior is seen as unfavorable compared to men’s is an example of ______. A. a female deficit model B. a psychoanalytic interpretation C. gynocentrism D. interpreter effect Ans: A Learning Objective: Summarize the sources of bias in psychological research. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Bias in Interpretation of Results Difficulty Level: Easy 28. A researcher finds that women interrupt men fewer times than men interrupt women in mixed-gender groups. The researcher concludes that this indicates that women lack assertiveness. This is an example of ______. A. an unbiased interpretation B. a female deficit interpretation C. feminist methods D. a psychoanalytic interpretation Ans: B Learning Objective: Summarize the sources of bias in psychological research. Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: Bias in Interpretation of Results Difficulty Level: Medium 29. A Freudian researcher sets out to collect data to document the existence of penis envy in women. This is an example of ______. A. a biased theoretical model B. experimenter effects C. female deficit model D. both a biased theoretical model and experimenter effects Ans: D Learning Objective: Summarize the sources of bias in psychological research. Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: Bias in Theory Difficulty Level: Medium 30. It has been shown that the researcher's gender may affect the outcome of research. This is an example of ______. A. biased theoretical models B. biased interpretation of results C. an experimenter effect D. an observer effect Ans: C Learning Objective: Summarize the sources of bias in psychological research. Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: Bias in Data Collection Difficulty Level: Easy 31. If a researcher expects to get gender differences in a study in which observations of preschool children's aggression are made, the researcher tends to find gender differences. This is an example of ______. A. Freudian bias B. observer effects C. publication bias D. bias in choice of participants Ans: B Learning Objective: Summarize the sources of bias in psychological research. Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: Bias in Data Collection Difficulty Level: Easy 32. Ensuring both male and female researchers collect data is an example of ______. A. critiquing the gender binary B. single-gender research C. intersectionality D. gender-fair research Ans: D Learning Objective: Evaluate feminist alternatives to biased research. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Gender-Fair and Feminist Research Difficulty Level: Easy 33. Feminist research psychologists are critical of traditional psychology's ______. A. insistence on naturalistic research B. assumption that psychological research is objective and value-free C. reliance on all-female samples D. overemphasis on the importance of race and ethnicity Ans: B Learning Objective: Evaluate feminist alternatives to biased research. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Gender-Fair and Feminist Research Difficulty Level: Easy 34. “Feminist research” may be defined as ______. A. research done by feminists B. objective and value-free C. research growing out of feminist theory, which seeks radical reform of traditional research methods D. impossible because research must be objective and feminism introduces bias Ans: C Learning Objective: Evaluate feminist alternatives to biased research. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Gender-Fair and Feminist Research Difficulty Level: Easy 35. “Qualitative research methods” can be defined as ______. A. studying behavior by converting it to numbers B. making naturalistic observations C. collecting data that are often text, talk, or images D. conducting laboratory experiments Ans: C Learning Objective: Evaluate feminist alternatives to biased research. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Gender-Fair and Feminist Research Difficulty Level: Easy 36. A researcher interviewed 45 African American women about their experiences of sexual objectification in order to study bias based on gender, race, and class. This is an example of ______. A. quantitative research B. qualitative research C. experimental research D. correlational research Ans: B Learning Objective: Evaluate feminist alternatives to biased research. Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: Gender-Fair and Feminist Research Difficulty Level: Medium 37. Feminist researchers would endorse which of the following research practices? A. performing single-gender research B. asking participants to designate their gender identity using their own words C. conducting the majority of psychological research in a lab D. thinking in terms of Variable A causing effects on Variable B Ans: B Learning Objective: Evaluate feminist alternatives to biased research. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Gender-Fair and Feminist Research Difficulty Level: Easy 38. Eve, in the Biblical story of Adam and Eve, is an example of which recurring historical theme? A. a feminine evil B. the virgin C. the Madonna D. polyandry Ans: A Learning Objective: Identify the major themes in the psychology of women and gender. Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: Feminine Evil Difficulty Level: Easy 39. The historical theme “male as normative” means ______. A. the male is seen as “normal,” the female as a variant or deviation B. the male is considered the other C. the female is often created first in creation myths D. none of these Ans: A Learning Objective: Identify the major themes in the psychology of women and gender. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Male as Normative Difficulty Level: Easy 40. “Androcentrism” can be defined as ______. A. male-centeredness B. female-centeredness C. equality of the genders D. none of these Ans: A Learning Objective: Identify the major themes in the psychology of women and gender. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Male as Normative Difficulty Level: Easy 41. Using the word “man” to refer to not only a male person, but to people in general, is an example of ______. A. feminism B. the male as normative C. overgeneralization D. cisgenderism Ans: B Learning Objective: Identify the major themes in the psychology of women and gender. Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: Male as Normative Difficulty Level: Easy 42. Gender differences and gender similarities are ______. A. equally important B. unnecessary in gender research C. difficult to study D. unbiased Ans: A Learning Objective: Identify the major themes in the psychology of women and gender. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Gender Differences and Similarities Difficulty Level: Easy 43. The basic position of “social constructionism” is ______. A. based in objective reality B. that people do not discover reality; rather, they construct or invent it C. people actively construct meanings for events in the environment based on their own experiences D. both that people do not discover reality; rather, they construct or invent it and people actively construct meanings for events in the environment based on their own experiences Ans: D Learning Objective: Identify the major themes in the psychology of women and gender. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: The Social Construction of Gender Difficulty Level: Easy 44. A research study that compares two or more groups of participants on their response to a treatment without randomly assigning the participants to the treatment conditions is considered ______. A. a true experimental design B. a quasi-experimental design C. an unethical experimental design D. none of these Ans: B Learning Objective: Summarize the sources of bias in psychological research. Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: Bias in Research Design Difficulty Level: Medium True/False 1. The feminist goal of gender equality has not yet been met. Ans: T Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Feminism Difficulty Level: Medium 2. The Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by both the House and the Senate in 1972. Ans: T Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Feminism Difficulty Level: Medium 3. Feminism is a political movement and ideology as well as a theoretical perspective. Ans: T Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Feminism Difficulty Level: Easy 4. The Gender Inequality Index (GII) measures country-level gender equality. Ans: T Learning Objective: Identify the major themes in the psychology of women and gender. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Focus 1.1: Gender Equality Around the World and Transnational Feminism Difficulty Level: Easy 5. The United States ranks third on the Gender Inequality Index (GII). Ans: F Learning Objective: Identify the major themes in the psychology of women and gender. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Focus 1.1: Gender Equality Around the World and Transnational Feminism | Table 1.2: Gender Inequality Index (GII) Scores and Ranks of 20 Countries Difficulty Level: Medium 6. Experimenter effects may be a source of bias. Ans: T Learning Objective: Summarize the sources of bias in psychological research. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Bias in Data Collection Difficulty Level: Easy 7. A researcher completes a study and finds that on average, men scored higher on an algebra test than women. His interpretation is that men are better at math than women. This interpretation was based on the female deficit model. Ans: T Learning Objective: Summarize the sources of bias in psychological research. Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: Bias in Interpretation of Results Difficulty Level: Medium 8. A feminist researcher would prefer to call people who are studied “subjects” rather than “participants.” Ans: F Learning Objective: Evaluate feminist alternatives to biased research. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Gender-Fair and Feminist Research Difficulty Level: Easy 9. Single-gender research is an example of gender-fair research. Ans: F Learning Objective: Evaluate feminist alternatives to biased research. Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: Gender-Fair and Feminist Research Difficulty Level: Easy 10. Feminist research devotes specific research attention to the special concerns of women and members of marginalized groups. Ans: T Learning Objective: Evaluate feminist alternatives to biased research Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Gender-Fair and Feminist Research Difficulty Level: Easy 11. Both traditional psychologists and feminist psychologists view research as an interaction between a researcher and participant, shaped by cultural context. Ans: F Learning Objective: Evaluate feminist alternatives to biased research. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Feminist Alternatives to Biased Research Difficulty Level: Medium Short Answer 1. Define sexism. Ans: Discrimination or bias against people based on their gender. Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Sexism Difficulty Level: Easy 2. Define feminist. Ans: Varies. A person who favors political, economic, and social equality of all people, regardless of gender, and therefore favors the legal and social changes necessary to achieve equality. Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism. Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Feminism Difficulty Level: Easy 3. Describe one criticism of second-wave feminism. Ans: Varies. Second-wave feminism tended to essentialize and oversimplify the category of “women” by focusing on “universal” female experiences such as motherhood. It ignored the great diversity among women along lines of race and social class. They were accused of being rigid in their ideology. There was no focus on intersectionality. Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism. Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: Feminism Difficulty Level: Medium 4. Give an example of gender equality in one of the following spheres: education, politics, economics, and health. Ans: Varies. Educational gender equality could entail equal numbers of men and women being able to read and write. Political gender equality would mean equal political representation among genders. Economic gender equality would entail equal pay for equal work and adequate family leave policies, regardless of gender. Gender equality in health might entail improving women’s access to prenatal care, reducing maternal mortality and adolescent pregnancy rates. Learning Objective: Identify the major themes in the psychology of women and gender. Cognitive Domain: Application Answer Location: Focus 1.1: Gender Equality Around the World and Transnational Feminism Difficulty Level: Medium 5. Explain the importance of conducting gender-fair research. Ans: Varies. Gender-fair approaches to research attempt to improve procedures to ensure research is conducted fairly. Gender-fair research reduces gender biases, such as bias in the interpretation or publishing of results as well as against female scientists. Learning Objective: Evaluate feminist alternatives to biased research. Cognitive Domain: Analysis Answer Location: Gender-Fair and Feminist Research Difficulty Level: Hard Essay 1. Compare and contrast hostile sexism and benevolent sexism and give examples of each. Ans: Varies. Hostile sexism refers to negative, hostile attitudes toward women and adversarial beliefs about gender relations in which women are thought to spend most of their time trying to control men, whether through sexuality or feminism. Benevolent sexism, in contrast, consists of beliefs about women who seem to the perpetrator to be kind or benevolent--in which women are honored and put on the proverbial pedestal. Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism. Cognitive Domain: Analysis Answer Location: Sexism Difficulty Level: Easy 2. First, describe each of the four waves of feminism. Then, compare and contrast them in terms of their respective time periods, theories, and social and political issues. Ans: Varies. First-wave feminism occurred in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Britain, Canada, and the United States. These feminists fought for women’s voting rights and succeeded in 1920 when women won the right to vote. Second-wave feminism occurred from 1960s to 1990s and took on a wider range of issues, including sexual freedom, reproductive rights, pay equity, equal opportunity in education, and gender-based violence. However, this wave was criticized for not focusing on intersectionality. The third wave of feminism began in the 1990s and expanding on the issues of the secondwave feminists with a much bigger emphasis on intersectionality, including race and social class. We are currently in the fourth wave of feminism, which continues to expand on the issues in the second and third waves of feminism, with an even greater focus on intersectionality, rejection of the gender binary, and more focus on transgender issues. The fourth wave of feminism has been fueled by recent advances in technology, including social media. Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism. Cognitive Domain: Analysis Answer Location: Feminism Difficulty Level: Hard