Exam 1 Ch.3

Question 1

We are mostly ___ in our ideologies according to the book

Answer 1

transitional

Question 2

Attitudes towards men and women roes

Answer 2

gender ideologies

Question 3

Attitudes Towards Women Scale

Answer 3

developed during women movement of 1960s , this scale fails at contemporary aspects such as military

Question 4

Culture differences in attitudes (Black vs. White)

Answer 4

Black women are less trad than black men and black men and white men share have similar attitudes towards women in politics, black men are more favorable to women working outside the home that white

Question 5

Culture differences in attitudes (China)

Answer 5

According to Confucianism, women hold lower status, making Chinese more traditional. When it comes to education and working its an extension of domestics

Question 6

Modern vs, Traditional Sexism

Answer 6

Modern says there is no sexism and traditional says yo were different

Question 7

Sexism that says women need help cause were frail

Answer 7

Benevolent

Question 8

What three items are benevolent and hostile sexism categorized in?

Answer 8

Patriarchy, gender differentiation, sexual reproduction

Question 9

What kind of sexism is associated with social dominance orientation and endorsement of rape myths?

Answer 9

Hostile

Question 10

Why would women support benevolent sexism?

Answer 10

Because they get rewards and it doesn’t seem negative in appearance

Question 11

What is an example of benevolent discrimination?

Answer 11

Men holding a door

Question 12

Who scores highest on homophobia?

Answer 12

Males, and non-White, teen men

Question 13

Jokes, insults, antigay comments

Answer 13

Heterosexual Hassles

Question 14

Who is most likely to be harassed on LGBT?

Answer 14

Young males

Question 15

Women score higher on ____ sexism than men

Answer 15

Hostile

Question 16

Features we assign to men and women on our society, not biological

Answer 16

Gender-role stereotypes

Question 17

How people ARE i.e. nurturing women

Answer 17

Descriptive

Question 18

How we think people OUGHT to behave due to their sex

Answer 18

Prescriptive

Question 19

Category and target based expectancies

Answer 19

When you don’t know much about a person but you expect based on the category they are in (sex) or the target (the specific person)

Question 20

Older people and stereotypes

Answer 20

Since men are supposed to be more competent, they see more of a decline with age

Question 21

In an ethnic study which group of women rated least sociable

Answer 21

Asian American

Question 22

Homosexuality and Stereotypes (Masculinity and Femininity)

Answer 22

Males and Lesbians are masculine, gay men and females and feminine

Question 23

Homosexuality and Media study

Answer 23

Negative to start, and negative and negative image, but positive portrayal of a character and positive beliefs are associated

Question 24

Children that are under age 5 and stereotype

Answer 24

can link feminine toys and masculine (18-42 months females, 31 months males)

Question 25

Children 5-6 stereotypes

Answer 25

Category based not target

Question 26

Children 7-8 stereotypes

Answer 26

girls how they look boys what they do more individuating

Question 27

Do subtypes decrease stereotypes?

Answer 27

No, successful African American is still stereotyping

Question 28

Feminism lite

Answer 28

Women preferred a more feminine speaker than not, and appearance did not affect non feminist women

Question 29

What are three feminist stereotypes?

Answer 29

1. Hate men 2. Unattractive 3. Lesbian

Question 30

Just know that

Answer 30

if it doesn't fit into our stereotype we disconfirm it or make a subtype

Question 31

According to this theory we are more likely to make dispositional attributions for a behavior that is not normative, but unique

Answer 31

Correspondant inference theory (crying in comedy is not normative so we assume they are sensitive)

Question 32

The penalty that is imposed on people for counterstereostypical behavior

Answer 32

Backlash effect

Question 33

Are stereotypes easier to change when it is clear or ambiguous?

Answer 33

Clear cause you can measure it better

Question 34

Prototype approach

Answer 34

Will makes all gay guys bad

Question 35

Why is it difficult to research gender role stereotypes?

Answer 35

We do not have objective measures of many traits and behaviors

Question 36

Term saying we might have one standard for defining behavior for one group, but another standard for defining behavior in another group

Answer 36

Shifting Standard

Question 37

How does the shifting standard make it difficult to compare men and women

Answer 37

We have different standards for defining a behavior for men and women (sports and aggressive behavior)

Question 38

Stereotypes and Status

Answer 38

Men and Women of high status are more instrumental and assertive

Question 39

Stereotypes are ___ based expectancies

Answer 39

Category

Question 40

People se a correspondence between a mentally healthy person and a mentally healthy

Answer 40

male

Question 41

What four things influence gender role stereotypes?

Answer 41

1. Age 2. Race 3. Class 4. Sexual Orientation

Question 42

What is one way stereotypes are positive?

Answer 42

They helps simplify information-processing

Question 43

What are four things we do that makes it hard to alter stereotypes?

Answer 43

1. Create subtype 2. Make a situational attributes 3. Fail to recall it 4. Ignore the information

Question 44

What is one way to alter a stereotype?

Answer 44

Present them with an example of someone who disconfirms the stereotype

Question 45

Why is it difficult to find if stereotypes are accurate?

Answer 45

The shifting standard

Question 46

Ann Hopkins and David Shorer

Answer 46

Ann was a famous sex discrimination case who was denied partnership, and Shorer was a famous transsexual case the first

Question 47

Conditions that Foster Stereotyping (2)

Answer 47

1. When an individual is unique in his or her category | 2. When the group to which an individual belongs is incongruent with the persons role