GENDER AND WOMEN EXAM
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
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, The ______ is a system of conceptualizing gender as having two distinct and opposing groups or kinds,
male and female. - Answer: gender binary
Professor Garcia is conducting research on 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 _______. - Answer: intersectionality
A definition of "psychological measurement" is - Answer: the process of assigning numbers to
characteristics of people
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? - Answer: experimenter effects
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 ______. - Answer: biased interpretation of results
Ensuring both male and female researchers collect data is an example of ______. - Answer: gender-fair
research
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 ______. - Answer:
qualitative research
"Androcentrism" can be defined as ______. - Answer: male-centeredness
Gender differences and gender similarities are ______. - Answer: equally important
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______. - Answer:
a quasi-experimental design
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, The ______ is a system of conceptualizing gender as having two distinct and opposing groups or kinds,
male and female. - Answer: gender binary
Professor Garcia is conducting research on 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 _______. - Answer: intersectionality
A definition of "psychological measurement" is - Answer: the process of assigning numbers to
characteristics of people
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? - Answer: experimenter effects
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 ______. - Answer: biased interpretation of results
Ensuring both male and female researchers collect data is an example of ______. - Answer: gender-fair
research
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 ______. - Answer:
qualitative research
"Androcentrism" can be defined as ______. - Answer: male-centeredness
Gender differences and gender similarities are ______. - Answer: equally important
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______. - Answer:
a quasi-experimental design
