Chapter 1 Test

Question 1

Psychology

Answer 1

Study of mental processes and behavior

Question 2

The personal is political

Answer 2

The idea that societal norms have, policies, and laws have profound influence on our lives.

Question 3

Gender

Answer 3

Cognitive and social differences between male and female, not biology

Question 4

Sex

Answer 4

The biological parts you were born with

Question 5

Cisgender

Answer 5

Gender identity = Sexual Identity

Question 6

Transgender

Answer 6

Genitalia doesn’t equal gender

Question 7

Gender Identity

Answer 7

A persons internal sense of their own gender

Question 8

Gender binary

Answer 8

Men and women, none others

Question 9

Gender Non conforming

Answer 9

How they express their gender, expressing it against stereotypes.

Question 10

Gender Queer

Answer 10

Someone who doesn’t conform to the gender binary

Question 11

Cisgenderism

Answer 11

Refers to prejudice against people who are outside the gender binary that recognizes a persons birth sex but not their gender identity.

Question 12

Sexism

Answer 12

Gender bias, prejudice, by men to women

Question 13

Old fashioned Sexism

Answer 13

Overt or open prejudice

Question 14

Modern(Neo Sexism)

Answer 14

Won’t take advice, Less overt but still hurtful

Question 15

Hostile

Answer 15

Misogyny, Hatred of Women

Question 16

Benevolent

Answer 16

Nice, but holds onto bad stereotypes of how women should be

Question 17

Feminism

Answer 17

A person who favors political, economical, and other equality in genders

Question 18

Liberal Feminism

Answer 18

Opportunity or rights equal to me, legal reforms

Question 19

Cultural Feminism

Answer 19

Women are special, elevated to special qualities

Question 20

Marxist/Socialist

Answer 20

The whole capital society is corrupt, and therefore, we need to bring it down to stop the oppression of women.

Question 21

Radical

Answer 21

Patriarchal values are too much and liberal are too optimistic.

Question 22

Existential/Post Modern

Answer 22

Academic/College/University rights

Question 23

Women of Color

Answer 23

Women of color/minorities/their experiences.

Question 24

Ecofeminism

Answer 24

Women oppression and the environment

Question 25

Transnational

Answer 25

Equality across countries

Question 26

Queer Theory

Answer 26

All gender is fluid/influenced by society

Question 27

Gender role/Socialization

Answer 27

Pursue what you want

Question 28

Consciousness

Answer 28

Bringing women together to look at experiences

Question 29

Intersextionality

Answer 29

Theory by Kimberly Crenshaw, evolved from critical race theory. Remember the wheel

Question 30

Social construction of gender

Answer 30

As a society, we have created the definition of gender and influenced gender identity.

Question 31

Androgyny

Answer 31

How people portrait themselves through personality to become both genders.

Question 32

Narcissism

Answer 32

personality trait characterization by an excessive focus on oneself with a gracious exaggerated sense of ones own talent, an extreme need for admiration and a lack of empathy for others

Question 33

Implicit Stereotypes

Answer 33

Learned, automatic associations between social categories

Question 34

Stereotype threat

Answer 34

If you believe a stereotype, it can come true to an extent

Question 35

Gendered Racism

Answer 35

A from of oppression and bias based simultaneously on gender, race and ethnicity.

Question 36

Systematic Racism

Answer 36

When policies and practices of an institution result in unfair treatment of some groups compared to others.

Question 37

Mircoaggressions

Answer 37

Insults directed at members of a race/ethnicity. Little things

Question 38

Marianismo

Answer 38

Female counterpart to male machismo

Question 39

Gendered words

Answer 39

Words with a specific gender associated to them

Question 40

Assertive speech

Answer 40

Speech that upfront, and demanditive, generally male tied.

Question 41

Tentative

Answer 41

More reserved speech, usually taken by women

Question 42

Affirmative Speech

Answer 42

Connection to listener and may include praise, agreement, support, acknowledgment

Question 43

Whorfian Hypothesis

Answer 43

states that specific language we learn influences our mental processes.