SOP EXAM 2 QUIZ QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
According to the metal analysis on Studies of gender differences in temperament all of
the below are true - Answer -- girls display more perceptual sensitivity
- girls score higher on inhibitory control
- affect sizes of gender difference in temperament are tiny or small
-NOT TRUE: girls display better overall affect and mood
In one study mothers of 11 month old babies were asked to estimate how steep a slope
their infant could successfully crawl down the results indicated that - Answer -mothers
of boys estimated success at steeper slope than did mothers of girls
In the term ______ is used for ways in which parents create a gendered world for their
child through the toys they purchase the activities they choose and so on - Answer -
channeling
Increase pressure's for gender conformity at the beginning of adolescents are termed -
Answer -gender intensification
The term motherhood mandate refers to the - Answer -demand from society that
woman be mothers
The empty nest syndrome refers to - Answer -depression in middle-age woman whose
children are grown and have left home
The double standard of aging refers to - Answer -cultural norms by which men's status
increase with age but women's decrease
Among 80-89 year olds there are ___ woman for every 100 men - Answer -162
Research on gender and physical health indicates that all of the below are true -
Answer -- Women have more chronic illness ( such as arthritis diabetes and
hypertension ) than man
- women live longer than men
- child birth after 40 possesses health risk to both mother and baby
NOT TRUE: men die earlier than women because they have more chronic illness than
woman
The mother wars refer to - Answer -The medias pitying of working mom's again stay at
home moms
Studies on gender differences in abilities and achievements indicate that - Answer -
males have better spatial ability especially on test of mental rotation
, According to meta-analysis of research on gender differences in mathematics
performances in grade 2 to 11 - Answer -there is no gender difference
Eccles has proposed an ____ model of achievement and course choice to explain why
females stop taking math and science courses in high school and college - Answer -
expectation - value
J Eccles Analysis is based on belief that gender differences in math performances and
competence are not so much caused by gender differences in ___ as by gender
differences in ____ - Answer -ability; course choice
The magnitude of gender differences on SAT math is D = ___ - Answer -.34
Using the formula D= (mm -fm)/S, a negative D indicates that - Answer -female scores
are higher
Which of the below statements involving attributions is NOT true - Answer -NOT TRUE:
research suggests that males are more likely to attribute their own success to external
causes
TRUE:
- females show marked decline in self-serving attributional bias in early adolescence
- The self-serving attributional bias involves the tendency to attribute positive events to
internal causes and negative events into external causes
- There is a tendency for people to attribute male success to ability and female success
to luck
Female underprediction effect - Answer -phenomenon that females SAT scores predict
lower grades in college and then they actually get
In the terms of school achievement measured by grades - Answer -girls get better
grades than boys in all subjects
Research on gender differences in tested Abilities indicate that there are - Answer -no
gender differences in IQ
In a classic study female college students rated essay is that they were told by John T
mckay or Joan T mckay this study measured - Answer -sex discrimination in the
evaluation of women's work
Meta-analysis of studies of sex discrimination in the evaluation of work found - Answer
-sex discrimination is the worst when only a little information is given and decreases
when more information is available
Eagly and Carli have suggested that a ___ is a better metaphor than the glass ceiling -
Answer -Labyrinth
According to the metal analysis on Studies of gender differences in temperament all of
the below are true - Answer -- girls display more perceptual sensitivity
- girls score higher on inhibitory control
- affect sizes of gender difference in temperament are tiny or small
-NOT TRUE: girls display better overall affect and mood
In one study mothers of 11 month old babies were asked to estimate how steep a slope
their infant could successfully crawl down the results indicated that - Answer -mothers
of boys estimated success at steeper slope than did mothers of girls
In the term ______ is used for ways in which parents create a gendered world for their
child through the toys they purchase the activities they choose and so on - Answer -
channeling
Increase pressure's for gender conformity at the beginning of adolescents are termed -
Answer -gender intensification
The term motherhood mandate refers to the - Answer -demand from society that
woman be mothers
The empty nest syndrome refers to - Answer -depression in middle-age woman whose
children are grown and have left home
The double standard of aging refers to - Answer -cultural norms by which men's status
increase with age but women's decrease
Among 80-89 year olds there are ___ woman for every 100 men - Answer -162
Research on gender and physical health indicates that all of the below are true -
Answer -- Women have more chronic illness ( such as arthritis diabetes and
hypertension ) than man
- women live longer than men
- child birth after 40 possesses health risk to both mother and baby
NOT TRUE: men die earlier than women because they have more chronic illness than
woman
The mother wars refer to - Answer -The medias pitying of working mom's again stay at
home moms
Studies on gender differences in abilities and achievements indicate that - Answer -
males have better spatial ability especially on test of mental rotation
, According to meta-analysis of research on gender differences in mathematics
performances in grade 2 to 11 - Answer -there is no gender difference
Eccles has proposed an ____ model of achievement and course choice to explain why
females stop taking math and science courses in high school and college - Answer -
expectation - value
J Eccles Analysis is based on belief that gender differences in math performances and
competence are not so much caused by gender differences in ___ as by gender
differences in ____ - Answer -ability; course choice
The magnitude of gender differences on SAT math is D = ___ - Answer -.34
Using the formula D= (mm -fm)/S, a negative D indicates that - Answer -female scores
are higher
Which of the below statements involving attributions is NOT true - Answer -NOT TRUE:
research suggests that males are more likely to attribute their own success to external
causes
TRUE:
- females show marked decline in self-serving attributional bias in early adolescence
- The self-serving attributional bias involves the tendency to attribute positive events to
internal causes and negative events into external causes
- There is a tendency for people to attribute male success to ability and female success
to luck
Female underprediction effect - Answer -phenomenon that females SAT scores predict
lower grades in college and then they actually get
In the terms of school achievement measured by grades - Answer -girls get better
grades than boys in all subjects
Research on gender differences in tested Abilities indicate that there are - Answer -no
gender differences in IQ
In a classic study female college students rated essay is that they were told by John T
mckay or Joan T mckay this study measured - Answer -sex discrimination in the
evaluation of women's work
Meta-analysis of studies of sex discrimination in the evaluation of work found - Answer
-sex discrimination is the worst when only a little information is given and decreases
when more information is available
Eagly and Carli have suggested that a ___ is a better metaphor than the glass ceiling -
Answer -Labyrinth
