Question 1

Compare and contrast hostile sexism and benevolent sexism and give examples of each.

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Question 2

Gender differences and gender similarities are ______.

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A)  equally important 
B)  unnecessary in gender research 
C)  difficult to study 
D)  unbiased

Question 3

Describe one criticism of second-wave feminism.

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Question 4

The Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by both the House and the Senate in 1972.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Ensuring both male and female researchers collect data is an example of ______.

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A)  critiquing the gender binary 
B)  single-gender research 
C)  intersectionality 
D)  gender-fair research

Question 6

A researcher completes a study and finds that on average, men scored higher on an algebra test than the women. His interpretation is that men are better at math than women. This interpretation was based on the female deficit model.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

______ is the term for the belief that women should be honored, put on a pedestal, and viewed as pure beings who should be protected.

Accepted Answer

A)  Benevolent sexism 
B)  Hostile sexism 
C)  Neosexism 
D)  Feminism

Question 8

Professor Garcia is conducting research on conceptualization of femininity among African American women, Latinx women, Asian American women, Native American women, and White women. Professor Garcia is applying an approach called _______.

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A)  experimental design 
B)  overgeneralization 
C)  intersectionality 
D)  cross-sectionality

Question 9

"Feminist" can be defined as ______.

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A)  a person who wants more power for women 
B)  a person who favors more rights for women than for men 
C)  a person who conforms to the traditional role for women 
D)  a person who favors political, economic, and social equality of all people, regardless of gender

Question 10

Feminist research devotes specific research attention to the special concerns of women and members of marginalized groups.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Define feminist.

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Question 12

A Freudian researcher sets out to collect data to document the existence of penis envy in women. This is an example of ______.

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A)  a biased theoretical model 
B)  experimenter effects 
C)  female deficit model 
D)  Both a biased theoretical model and experimenter effects

Question 13

A researcher on gender differences finds that females estimate that they will get fewer points on a test than males estimate they will get. The researcher concludes that this indicates that women are lacking in self-confidence. This is an example of ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  bias in choice of participants 
B)  experimenter effects 
C)  biased interpretation of results 
D)  publication bias

Question 14

The ______ is a system of conceptualizing gender as having two distinct and opposing groups or kinds, male and female.

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A)  gender binary 
B)  gender positivism 
C)  gender epistemology 
D)  gender identity

Question 15

Both traditional psychologists and feminist psychologists view research as an interaction between a researcher and participant, shaped by cultural context.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

"Feminist research" may be defined as ______.

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A)  research done by feminists 
B)  objective and value-free 
C)  research growing out of feminist theory, which seeks radical reform of traditional research methods 
D)  impossible because research must be objective and feminism introduces bias

Question 17

The feminist goal of gender equality has not yet been met.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

A research study that compares two or more groups of participants on their response to a treatment without randomly assigning the participants to the treatment conditions is considered______.

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A)  a true experimental design 
B)  a quasi-experimental design 
C)  an unethical experimental design 
D)  none of these

Question 19

A male psychologist is interested in finding out whether there are gender differences in a certain personality characteristic. He administers a paper-and-pencil test of this characteristic to a group of male and female students and then checks statistically to find out whether there are gender differences. Which one of the following biases is likely to be present in that research?

Accepted Answer

A)  experimenter effects 
B)  biased theoretical model 
C)  all of these 
D)  none of these

Question 20

Give an example of gender equality in one of the following spheres: education, politics, economics, and health.

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Exam 1: Introduction

Compare and contrast hostile sexism and benevolent sexism and give examples of each.

Gender differences and gender similarities are ______.

Describe one criticism of second-wave feminism.

The Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by both the House and the Senate in 1972.

Ensuring both male and female researchers collect data is an example of ______.

A researcher completes a study and finds that on average, men scored higher on an algebra test than the women. His interpretation is that men are better at math than women. This interpretation was based on the female deficit model.

______ is the term for the belief that women should be honored, put on a pedestal, and viewed as pure beings who should be protected.

Professor Garcia is conducting research on conceptualization of femininity among African American women, Latinx women, Asian American women, Native American women, and White women. Professor Garcia is applying an approach called _______.

"Feminist" can be defined as ______.

Feminist research devotes specific research attention to the special concerns of women and members of marginalized groups.

Define feminist.

A Freudian researcher sets out to collect data to document the existence of penis envy in women. This is an example of ______.

A researcher on gender differences finds that females estimate that they will get fewer points on a test than males estimate they will get. The researcher concludes that this indicates that women are lacking in self-confidence. This is an example of ______.

The ______ is a system of conceptualizing gender as having two distinct and opposing groups or kinds, male and female.

Both traditional psychologists and feminist psychologists view research as an interaction between a researcher and participant, shaped by cultural context.

"Feminist research" may be defined as ______.

The feminist goal of gender equality has not yet been met.

A research study that compares two or more groups of participants on their response to a treatment without randomly assigning the participants to the treatment conditions is considered______.

Give an example of gender equality in one of the following spheres: education, politics, economics, and health.