Exam 6: Gender and Emotion

Facial electromyography, skin conductance, and electroencephalograms are all ______.

Define "emotional competence." What does the research say about gender differences in emotional competence? How might this be connected to the research on gender differences in emotional expression?

When a really major stereotype violation that we cannot ignore occurs, we are likely to ______.

Condry and Condry (1976) conducted a study where adults were shown a videotape of an infant's emotional responses to a jack-in-the-box. Half the adults were told the baby was a girl and the other half were told the baby was a boy. The results indicated that ______.

Latoya, who is an African American woman, is employed at Ardent Technologies. Her supervisor, Brad, is a White man. Discuss the research on gender, ethnicity, and emotion stereotypes, and what implications this research might have for Latoya on the job in areas such as her interactions with Brad and Brad's evaluation of her performance.

Explain why parents socialize children's emotions in stereotypical ways. Specifically, how does this shape our gender roles into adulthood?

As children continue to develop, family plays a more important role than peers in gender role socialization.

When fathers become more involved with their children, patterns of gendered emotions are different in that girls express less fear and sadness and boys express more fear and warmth.

A fourth-grade boy is teased and harassed by other boys in his class when he cries in front of them. This is an example of ______.

When undergraduates viewed film clips designed to stimulate either happiness, sadness, fear, or disgust, ______.