For
Margaret W. Matlin’s
The Psychology Of Women
Prepared By
Margaret W. Matlin
State University Of New York At Geneseo
Lucinda A. Dewitt
Dewitt Deconstruction, Minneapolis, MN
,Instructor’s Manual with Test Bank for Margaret W. Matlin’s Psychology of Women, 8e (2012)
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
, Instructor’s Manual with Test Bank for Margaret W. Matlin’s Psychology of Women, 8e (2012)
PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN
RESEARCH PROJECT HANDOUT
Psychology Of Women Dr. Margaret W. Matlin
Psychology 308 Department Of Psychology
Spring, 2007 SUNY Geneseo
Psychology Of Women Research Project
The Purpose Of This Project Is To Introduce You To Research About The Psychology Of
Women. You Are Not Expected To Conduct The Ideal, Perfectly Controlled Experiment. Instead,
I Hope That This Exercise Will Provide You With A First-Hand Experience Of The Kinds Of
Issues That Researchers Need To Consider And The Variety Of Challenges That Research Often
Presents.
The Projects Generally Fall Into Four Categories:
1. Archival Analyses, Or Quantified Inspections Of Magazines, Books, And Other Aspects Of
Media, Etc. A Typical Project Here Would Be Whether Males And Females Are Represented
Differently In The Illustrations In Elementary-School Mathematics Textbooks.
2. Questionnaires About Interests, Activities, And Beliefs. A Typical Project Would Be
Whether Students Think That A Wife Should Perform A Greater Portion Of The
Household Tasks Than A Husband Performs.
3. Naturalistic Observation, Or Recording Of Behavior In A Natural Setting. A Typical Project
Would Be To Determine Whether Girls And Boys Differ In Their Aggressive Behavior At A
Public Playground.
4. Experiments, With The Controlled Manipulation Of Variables. A Typical Project Would
Be The Study About Aggression, Described In The Preview On P. 2.
In All Cases, You Must Test At Least Three Hypotheses. Each Hypothesis Typically
Compares Two Numbers (E.G., “This Sample Of Mathematics Textbooks Will Show More
Males Than Females In The Illustrations.”).
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