Question 1

Which of the following is true of public regard?

Accepted Answer

A)  It refers to an awareness that others may not value one's own social group. 
B)  It refers to a realization that children may develop about the world as androcentric despite girls' achievements. 
C)  It may emerge in relation to noticing skewed gender representation (e.g. ,the number of female presidents in U.S.history,the number of female Nobel Prize winners). 
D)  All of the answer options are correct. 
A)  It refers to an awareness that others may not value one's own social group. 
B)  It refers to a realization that children may develop about the world as androcentric despite girls' achievements. 
C)  It may emerge in relation to noticing skewed gender representation (e.g. ,the number of female presidents in U.S.history,the number of female Nobel Prize winners). 
D)  All of the answer options are correct.

Question 2

Explain Nancy Chodorow's feminist psychoanalytic theory of gender development and outline at least two contemporary critiques of her theory.

Accepted Answer

Chodorow posits that the gendered divisi

Question 3

Jyla is an 11-year-old tomboy.Based on the research,which is LEAST likely also true about her?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jyla believes that her mother's life is exciting and fulfilling. 
B)  Jyla is comfortable with other people who are gender nonconforming. 
C)  Jyla may support the idea that people should follow their interests over expectations related to gender. 
D)  Jyla is popular among her peers. 
A)  Jyla believes that her mother's life is exciting and fulfilling. 
B)  Jyla is comfortable with other people who are gender nonconforming. 
C)  Jyla may support the idea that people should follow their interests over expectations related to gender. 
D)  Jyla is popular among her peers.

Question 4

Research has shown that mothers exhibit which of the following biases based on their child's gender?

Accepted Answer

A)  Working women under stress rely more on daughters than sons to help around the house. 
B)  Mothers underestimated the physical abilities of 11-month-old infant daughters but not sons. 
C)  Mothers responded more favorably to daughters than sons who showed sadness. 
D)  All of the answer options are correct. 
A)  Working women under stress rely more on daughters than sons to help around the house. 
B)  Mothers underestimated the physical abilities of 11-month-old infant daughters but not sons. 
C)  Mothers responded more favorably to daughters than sons who showed sadness. 
D)  All of the answer options are correct.

Question 5

Within a book,movie,or TV show,the Smurfette principle refers to whether

Accepted Answer

A)  women are depicted as doing anything other than talking about a topic other than a man. 
B)  women are depicted solely as beautiful with no other substantive qualities. 
C)  there is one token female character who exists only in reference to male characters. 
D)  there is one token female character who initially appears masculine but later surrenders to feminine expectations (e.g. ,for heterosexual marriage). 
A)  women are depicted as doing anything other than talking about a topic other than a man. 
B)  women are depicted solely as beautiful with no other substantive qualities. 
C)  there is one token female character who exists only in reference to male characters. 
D)  there is one token female character who initially appears masculine but later surrenders to feminine expectations (e.g. ,for heterosexual marriage).

Question 6

Sigmund Freud's theory suggested that anatomical differences between girls and boys that give way to personality differences

Accepted Answer

A)  begin at about age 3. 
B)  are rooted in a type of anxiety for boys and a type of envy for girls. 
C)  are based on an assumption of male superiority and female inferiority. 
D)  All of the answer choices are correct. 
A)  begin at about age 3. 
B)  are rooted in a type of anxiety for boys and a type of envy for girls. 
C)  are based on an assumption of male superiority and female inferiority. 
D)  All of the answer choices are correct.

Question 7

Title IX policies provide equal opportunities for girls and boys in high school to participate in sporting activities.Argue for the importance of such policies by describing at least three specific benefits of sports participation for adolescent girls.

Accepted Answer

Although participating in sporting activ

Question 8

Which theory BEST explains the following events: after Wendy watches her mother feed and rock her new baby brother,she holds and rocks her doll and pretends to feed the doll with a bottle.

Accepted Answer

A)  Chodorow's psychoanalytic theory 
B)  behavioral theory 
C)  social learning theory 
D)  social constructivist theory 
A)  Chodorow's psychoanalytic theory 
B)  behavioral theory 
C)  social learning theory 
D)  social constructivist theory

Question 9

Popular _____ are permitted by peers to violate gender stereotypes,and they also ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  boys;ignore when other children violate stereotypes 
B)  boys;police other children to ensure that they conform to stereotypes 
C)  girls;ignore when other children violate stereotypes 
D)  girls;police other children to ensure that they conform to stereotypes 
A)  boys;ignore when other children violate stereotypes 
B)  boys;police other children to ensure that they conform to stereotypes 
C)  girls;ignore when other children violate stereotypes 
D)  girls;police other children to ensure that they conform to stereotypes

Question 10

Which child is most likely to have shown a shift to be more flexible and less rigid in gender typing?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ahmed,who is 4 years old 
B)  Allison,who is 5 years old 
C)  Alexander,who is 6 years old 
D)  Arlene,who is 8 years old 
A)  Ahmed,who is 4 years old 
B)  Allison,who is 5 years old 
C)  Alexander,who is 6 years old 
D)  Arlene,who is 8 years old

Question 11

Which of the following BEST explains why girls who experience early puberty are at risk for negative consequences,such as depression and delinquency?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are confused about their bodily changes,which may create an identity crisis of sorts. 
B)  They feel like outcasts because they look different from most of their peer group. 
C)  They spend time with older peers and may engage in behaviors they are not prepared to manage. 
D)  They feel less confident about their academic skills. 
A)  They are confused about their bodily changes,which may create an identity crisis of sorts. 
B)  They feel like outcasts because they look different from most of their peer group. 
C)  They spend time with older peers and may engage in behaviors they are not prepared to manage. 
D)  They feel less confident about their academic skills.

Question 12

Which of the following situations BEST exemplifies operant conditioning?

Accepted Answer

A)  Suk-ja watches her mother cook and imitates her mother by playing with her toy kitchen set. 
B)  Sarvesh decides he wants to be a football player because of how much his dad enjoys watching football games. 
C)  Sondra loves wearing pink after her father says how beautiful Sondra looks in this color. 
D)  Steve wants to help his mother with vacuuming but his mother tells him he should learn to mow the lawn instead. 
A)  Suk-ja watches her mother cook and imitates her mother by playing with her toy kitchen set. 
B)  Sarvesh decides he wants to be a football player because of how much his dad enjoys watching football games. 
C)  Sondra loves wearing pink after her father says how beautiful Sondra looks in this color. 
D)  Steve wants to help his mother with vacuuming but his mother tells him he should learn to mow the lawn instead.

Question 13

Professor Nguyen begins her lecture with,"Because we can only understand gender in terms of the options that are socioculturally available,people in different cultures recognize and adopt different gender identities for themselves." The topic of this lecture is most likely

Accepted Answer

A)  postmodern perspectives on gender. 
B)  gender schema theories. 
C)  gender constancy. 
D)  social learning theory. 
A)  postmodern perspectives on gender. 
B)  gender schema theories. 
C)  gender constancy. 
D)  social learning theory.

Question 14

Jennifer and Jeffrey are fraternal twins.According to Chodorow,how are they likely to be different from one another?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jennifer will feel envy about not having a penis,which will make her hostile toward Jeffrey as well as other boys/men throughout her life. 
B)  Until age 7,Jeffrey will be anxious that his father will castrate his penis,which will make Jeffrey more similar to Jennifer. 
C)  Starting during puberty,Jeffrey will be hostile toward Jennifer because she may bear children in the future and he may not. 
D)  Both will develop a sense of self in relation to their mother;Jennifer will see herself in terms of similarity to others,whereas Jeffrey will see himself in terms of difference. 
A)  Jennifer will feel envy about not having a penis,which will make her hostile toward Jeffrey as well as other boys/men throughout her life. 
B)  Until age 7,Jeffrey will be anxious that his father will castrate his penis,which will make Jeffrey more similar to Jennifer. 
C)  Starting during puberty,Jeffrey will be hostile toward Jennifer because she may bear children in the future and he may not. 
D)  Both will develop a sense of self in relation to their mother;Jennifer will see herself in terms of similarity to others,whereas Jeffrey will see himself in terms of difference.

Question 15

Which of the following is the theoretical perspective that BEST explains why children are expected to identify within binary categories (i.e. ,girl or boy)even if these labels do not feel accurate in representing their internal experience?

Accepted Answer

A)  postmodernism 
B)  gender schema theories 
C)  gender constancy 
D)  social learning theory 
A)  postmodernism 
B)  gender schema theories 
C)  gender constancy 
D)  social learning theory

Question 16

A gender reveal party

Accepted Answer

A)  celebrates the apparent sex of the fetus based on the results of an ultrasound. 
B)  is based on the assumption that gender and sex are the same. 
C)  presumes that the baby will be readily identifiable as a boy or girl after birth. 
D)  All of the options are correct. 
A)  celebrates the apparent sex of the fetus based on the results of an ultrasound. 
B)  is based on the assumption that gender and sex are the same. 
C)  presumes that the baby will be readily identifiable as a boy or girl after birth. 
D)  All of the options are correct.

Question 17

Which character would you be LEAST likely to find in a children's book?

Accepted Answer

A)  An adventurous girl who searches to find a new intergalactic system. 
B)  An adventurous girl who finds herself suddenly propelled into a new intergalactic system where she must rescue vulnerable alien babies. 
C)  An adventurous boy who searches to find a new intergalactic system. 
D)  An adventurous boy who finds himself suddenly propelled into a new intergalactic system where he must rescue vulnerable alien babies. 
A)  An adventurous girl who searches to find a new intergalactic system. 
B)  An adventurous girl who finds herself suddenly propelled into a new intergalactic system where she must rescue vulnerable alien babies. 
C)  An adventurous boy who searches to find a new intergalactic system. 
D)  An adventurous boy who finds himself suddenly propelled into a new intergalactic system where he must rescue vulnerable alien babies.

Question 18

About how many elementary school aged girls identify themselves as tomboys?

Accepted Answer

A)  3 to 13% 
B)  15 to 30% 
C)  33 to 50% 
D)  50 to 66% 
A)  3 to 13% 
B)  15 to 30% 
C)  33 to 50% 
D)  50 to 66%

Question 19

Which of the following children is showing the LEAST gender rigidity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Joaquim,who says hotdogs are for girls,hamburgers are for boys 
B)  Janet,who says that cooking is for moms,driving is for dads 
C)  Jolene,who says she can't be a doctor when she grows up because women are nurses 
D)  José,who plays pretend using his sister's doll house 
A)  Joaquim,who says hotdogs are for girls,hamburgers are for boys 
B)  Janet,who says that cooking is for moms,driving is for dads 
C)  Jolene,who says she can't be a doctor when she grows up because women are nurses 
D)  José,who plays pretend using his sister's doll house

Question 20

Based on the text,at what age will a girl resolve unconscious conflicts related to gender and love for her father/envy for her mother?

Accepted Answer

A)  3 
B)  7 
C)  12 
D)  never 
A)  3 
B)  7 
C)  12 
D)  never

Which of the following is true of public regard?

Explain Nancy Chodorow's feminist psychoanalytic theory of gender development and outline at least two contemporary critiques of her theory.

Jyla is an 11-year-old tomboy.Based on the research,which is LEAST likely also true about her?

Research has shown that mothers exhibit which of the following biases based on their child's gender?

Within a book,movie,or TV show,the Smurfette principle refers to whether

Sigmund Freud's theory suggested that anatomical differences between girls and boys that give way to personality differences

Title IX policies provide equal opportunities for girls and boys in high school to participate in sporting activities.Argue for the importance of such policies by describing at least three specific benefits of sports participation for adolescent girls.

Which theory BEST explains the following events: after Wendy watches her mother feed and rock her new baby brother,she holds and rocks her doll and pretends to feed the doll with a bottle.

Popular _ are permitted by peers to violate gender stereotypes,and they also __________.

Which child is most likely to have shown a shift to be more flexible and less rigid in gender typing?

Which of the following BEST explains why girls who experience early puberty are at risk for negative consequences,such as depression and delinquency?

Which of the following situations BEST exemplifies operant conditioning?

Professor Nguyen begins her lecture with,"Because we can only understand gender in terms of the options that are socioculturally available,people in different cultures recognize and adopt different gender identities for themselves." The topic of this lecture is most likely

Jennifer and Jeffrey are fraternal twins.According to Chodorow,how are they likely to be different from one another?

Which of the following is the theoretical perspective that BEST explains why children are expected to identify within binary categories (i.e. ,girl or boy)even if these labels do not feel accurate in representing their internal experience?

A gender reveal party

Which character would you be LEAST likely to find in a children's book?

About how many elementary school aged girls identify themselves as tomboys?

Which of the following children is showing the LEAST gender rigidity?

Based on the text,at what age will a girl resolve unconscious conflicts related to gender and love for her father/envy for her mother?

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Which of the following is true of public regard?

Explain Nancy Chodorow's feminist psychoanalytic theory of gender development and outline at least two contemporary critiques of her theory.

Jyla is an 11-year-old tomboy.Based on the research,which is LEAST likely also true about her?

Research has shown that mothers exhibit which of the following biases based on their child's gender?

Within a book,movie,or TV show,the Smurfette principle refers to whether

Sigmund Freud's theory suggested that anatomical differences between girls and boys that give way to personality differences

Title IX policies provide equal opportunities for girls and boys in high school to participate in sporting activities.Argue for the importance of such policies by describing at least three specific benefits of sports participation for adolescent girls.

Which theory BEST explains the following events: after Wendy watches her mother feed and rock her new baby brother,she holds and rocks her doll and pretends to feed the doll with a bottle.

Popular _____ are permitted by peers to violate gender stereotypes,and they also ______________.

Which child is most likely to have shown a shift to be more flexible and less rigid in gender typing?

Which of the following BEST explains why girls who experience early puberty are at risk for negative consequences,such as depression and delinquency?

Which of the following situations BEST exemplifies operant conditioning?

Professor Nguyen begins her lecture with,"Because we can only understand gender in terms of the options that are socioculturally available,people in different cultures recognize and adopt different gender identities for themselves." The topic of this lecture is most likely

Jennifer and Jeffrey are fraternal twins.According to Chodorow,how are they likely to be different from one another?

Which of the following is the theoretical perspective that BEST explains why children are expected to identify within binary categories (i.e. ,girl or boy)even if these labels do not feel accurate in representing their internal experience?

A gender reveal party

Which character would you be LEAST likely to find in a children's book?

About how many elementary school aged girls identify themselves as tomboys?

Which of the following children is showing the LEAST gender rigidity?

Based on the text,at what age will a girl resolve unconscious conflicts related to gender and love for her father/envy for her mother?

A Feminist Psychology of Women

Power and Privilege

Similarities and Differences

Beyond the Sexgender Binary

Womens Bodies

Sexuality and Sexualization

Relationships

Reproduction and Mothering

Work

Older Women

Gender-Based Violence

Mental Health

Tensions, action, and Hope for the Future

Filters

Popular _ are permitted by peers to violate gender stereotypes,and they also __________.