MSCH C216 Exam 1: Questions With Solutions (100%)
Sex Right Ans - whether you are a boy or girl biologically
Gender Right Ans - how you identify (boy or girl) socially -
conduct behavior, way we dress, talk, perceived acceptable by same gender,
regardless by how one was born
Stereotypes Right Ans - A set of portrayals of sex-appropriate appearance,
interests, skills,behaviors, and self-perceptions
The reflection hypothesis Right Ans - -The mass media reflect dominant
social values
-portrays an idealized world
Symbolic Annihalation Right Ans - the media exclude certain things
therefore it is as if they don't exist
Smith and collleagues at USC Right Ans - -Analyzed Top-grossing films of
2007
- Women are shown less often than men
- Women are less often the protagonist
- Women are white, thin, young, beautiful
- Women are virginal yet what to do in the bathroom
- Work-life balance issues are rarely discussed
- Storyteller's sex affects what's on our screen
Content Analysis Right Ans - Describe messages
Make comparisons
Content Analysis Right Ans - cannot find causation in relationships
Survey Right Ans - - Describes characteristics of a population
- Examine relationship between variables
gender identity Right Ans - - age 2
- know they're a boy or girl but this could change
gender stability Right Ans - -age 3
, - thats what you are and its not going to change
-boys grow up to be mom and boys grow up to be girls
Gender Constancy Right Ans - -age 5
-gender is permanent; if you were born a boy you will always be a boy (even if
you play with dolls)
media selection Right Ans - similar amongst kids up until 6 and the it
drastically changes
the implied audience Right Ans - - Provides economic and moral rationale
for why media and toys are so gendered
- Has real world consequences
- Girls in STEM fields
- Girls will watch boys on tv but boys wont watch girls (more boy characters)
men vs. women portrayals Right Ans - Men are serious and powerful;
women are emotional and passive
Cultivation theory Right Ans - - Viewing TV cultivates shared conceptions
of "reality" among a diverse tv audience
- Heavy viewers are more likely to have real-world perceptions that are like
the TV world than are lighter
eating disorders vs. body image Right Ans - - The media can not cause
eating disorders
- The media can influence body image
media --> eating disorders Right Ans - media exposure - internalization -
body dissatisfaction - eating disorder
internalization Right Ans - Buying into cultural ideals of attractiveness and
engaging in behaviors aimed at achieving this ideal
Body Image disturbance Right Ans - - More prevalent than disordered
eating
- Typically dissatisfaction with one's body
- 40%- 60% of girls and women are dissatisfied with some aspect of
appearance
Sex Right Ans - whether you are a boy or girl biologically
Gender Right Ans - how you identify (boy or girl) socially -
conduct behavior, way we dress, talk, perceived acceptable by same gender,
regardless by how one was born
Stereotypes Right Ans - A set of portrayals of sex-appropriate appearance,
interests, skills,behaviors, and self-perceptions
The reflection hypothesis Right Ans - -The mass media reflect dominant
social values
-portrays an idealized world
Symbolic Annihalation Right Ans - the media exclude certain things
therefore it is as if they don't exist
Smith and collleagues at USC Right Ans - -Analyzed Top-grossing films of
2007
- Women are shown less often than men
- Women are less often the protagonist
- Women are white, thin, young, beautiful
- Women are virginal yet what to do in the bathroom
- Work-life balance issues are rarely discussed
- Storyteller's sex affects what's on our screen
Content Analysis Right Ans - Describe messages
Make comparisons
Content Analysis Right Ans - cannot find causation in relationships
Survey Right Ans - - Describes characteristics of a population
- Examine relationship between variables
gender identity Right Ans - - age 2
- know they're a boy or girl but this could change
gender stability Right Ans - -age 3
, - thats what you are and its not going to change
-boys grow up to be mom and boys grow up to be girls
Gender Constancy Right Ans - -age 5
-gender is permanent; if you were born a boy you will always be a boy (even if
you play with dolls)
media selection Right Ans - similar amongst kids up until 6 and the it
drastically changes
the implied audience Right Ans - - Provides economic and moral rationale
for why media and toys are so gendered
- Has real world consequences
- Girls in STEM fields
- Girls will watch boys on tv but boys wont watch girls (more boy characters)
men vs. women portrayals Right Ans - Men are serious and powerful;
women are emotional and passive
Cultivation theory Right Ans - - Viewing TV cultivates shared conceptions
of "reality" among a diverse tv audience
- Heavy viewers are more likely to have real-world perceptions that are like
the TV world than are lighter
eating disorders vs. body image Right Ans - - The media can not cause
eating disorders
- The media can influence body image
media --> eating disorders Right Ans - media exposure - internalization -
body dissatisfaction - eating disorder
internalization Right Ans - Buying into cultural ideals of attractiveness and
engaging in behaviors aimed at achieving this ideal
Body Image disturbance Right Ans - - More prevalent than disordered
eating
- Typically dissatisfaction with one's body
- 40%- 60% of girls and women are dissatisfied with some aspect of
appearance
