Exam 6: Gender and Emotion

Children and adolescents are motivated to adhere to their gender role and follow the display rules. According to Brody, the result is ______ in the short term but decreased ______ in the long term.

Compare and contrast observational, physiological, and self-report measures of emotion.

According to research, women are more emotional, less aggressive, and suffer more from fear of failure than men do.

Emotions such as guilt, shame, pride, and embarrassment are examples of ______.

Explain the research findings on gender and emotion experience and expression using an intersectional perspective. Specifically, do patterns change when we look at gender differences in emotion experience and expression across cultures and ethnicities?

In an experiment by Grossman and Wood (1993) that encouraged both men and women to express their emotions, ______.

______ involves taking on the work of regulating children's emotions and fostering children's emotional competence.

A feminist analysis of emotion stereotypes indicates that ______.

Within ______ peer groups, gendered patterns of social interaction and emotional expression are reinforced.

Erandi, a woman, is able to accurately perceive and appraise others' emotions. She uses her knowledge and analysis of emotions to inform decisions and to help regulate the emotions of herself and others. Based on the research, Erandi likely ______.

According to Brody's model of the development of gender differences in emotional expression, ______.

Research shows that when women control their emotion expression, they are perceived as being more emotionally competent and intelligent.

Leslie Brody's (1999) transactional model is a comprehensive model for the development of gender differences in emotional expression, building on the work of Chodorow (1978). Explain what is meant by "transactional" in this model.

Most emotions are stereotyped as feminine, whereas only a few are stereotyped as masculine or gender neutral.

Give one example of how mothers and fathers respond to their children's expressions of negative emotions differently based on the child's gender.

Research on gender stereotypes of emotions shows that ______.

In a study done by Plant et al. (2000), participants were shown pictures of men and women with ambiguous emotional expressions (a blend between sadness and anger) and told to rate which emotion was being expressed. The participants rated men's blends as significantly angrier than women's and women's blends as significantly sadder than men's. What can you infer about gender stereotypes and emotional expression based on this finding? What is an implication of this finding?

The pattern of facial muscles that contract when a person expresses anger, or disgust, or happiness is present from infancy and is universal across cultures.

The stereotype that women are the more emotional gender ______.

An 18-month-old, frustrated at not being allowed to play with a captivating toy, experiences frustration and rage and expresses these emotions facially and in other ways. The parent responds by saying, "Don't get mad." From this experience, the child learns ______.