Exam 6: Gender and Emotion

The research on gender and emotional expression indicates that stereotypes of gender and emotional expression differ across ethnic groups. This is an example of ______.

The expression "Boys don't cry" is an example of a(n) ______.

Parent's responses to their son's expressions of negative emotions do not tend to differ across cultures and ethnic groups.

With regards to emotional intelligence, ______.

Else-Quest (2012) found that boys were more prone than girls to express anger and girls were more emotional than boys.

As gender stereotypes change, we might expect gender socialization of emotions by parents to change, too.

Despite the stereotype that women are more emotionally intelligent than men are, research shows that men and women have similar levels of emotional competence.

From a researcher's stance, explain why it is important that we do research on emotions beyond the gender binary and consider emotion experiences of transpeople and people who are gender nonconforming?

Stephanie Budge and colleagues (2015) studied emotion experiences among transgender men. The men described the experience of emotions such as pride, happiness, awe, and love as well as a lack of shame and fear. Based on this research, what can we infer about gender and emotion?

In a study by Barett and Bliss-Moreau (2009), participants viewed pictures of faces expressing sadness, fear, anger, and disgust. The researchers found that, for sadness, fear, and anger expressions, ______.

Research on peers' socialization of gendered emotions indicates that ______.

In language, ______.

Kring and Gordon (1998) found that androgynous people were more facially expressive than masculine people. From this finding, we can infer that ______.

Fear, happiness, love, and sadness are ______.

Children learn to label their emotions as a result of ______.

Activation of a certain brain region may create a particular psychological state, but the reverse process occurs as well: Behavior and experience can create changes in the brain. This highlights ______.

Research on the emotional experiences of transpeople ______.

Chaplin and Aldao (2013) found that among the female-stereotyped emotions, gender differences were generally close to zero or very small, with the exception of _____.

Davis (1995) found that when presented with a disappointing gift, first- and third-grade girls display less negative emotion and more positive emotion than their male peers are. This finding highlights that ______.

One emotionality gender stereotype is that men are believed to have better control over the expression of their emotions compared to women. What do people typically infer about men and masculinity based on this stereotype? What are the implications of this stereotype on women in leadership roles? Explain the double-bind women in leadership roles are in because of this.