exam 2

Question 1

pre-judgement about another person based on the social groups to which that person belongs

Answer 1

prejudice

Question 2

emotions related to prejudice

Answer 2

hatred, fear, disgust, resentment, and discomfort

Question 3

actions based on prejudice

Answer 3

discrimination

Question 4

actions related to discrimination

Answer 4

violence, exclusion, ridicule, avoidance, segregation

Question 5

to hold down or deny a social group full access to resources in society

Answer 5

oppression

Question 6

rights, benefits, and resources that are purported to be shared by all but are only consistently available to the dominant group

Answer 6

priviledge

Question 7

assumptions by the dominant group in priviledge

Answer 7

universal availability, it was earned, it was good luck

Question 8

four primary components of gender stereotypes

Answer 8

trait dimensions, role behaviors, occupations, and physical appearence

Question 9

expectations to stereotypes that maintain group-oriented stereotypes

Answer 9

subgroups

Question 10

gender rules

Answer 10

descriptions, prescriptions, and proscriptions

Question 11

gender roles serve to justify and reinforce the hierarchy

Answer 11

status incongruity hypothesis

Question 12

negative attitudes towards individuals based solely on their sex, combined with cultural practices that support the unequal status of men and women

Answer 12

sexism

Question 13

belief men are superior to women

Answer 13

traditional sexism

Question 14

belief that women no longer face discrimination

Answer 14

modern sexism

Question 15

gender relations are characterized by negative and seemingly positive attitudes towards women

Answer 15

ambivalent sexism theory

Question 16

hostility towards women, especially those that challenge traditional women’s roles

Answer 16

hostile sexism

Question 17

positive and prosocial feelings towards women that patronize women

Answer 17

benevolent sexism

Question 18

desire to preserve social cohesion and maintain social order through perpetuating gender roles

Answer 18

gender system justification

Question 19

cultural and systemic ideology that denies, denigrates, or pathologizes non-cisgender people

Answer 19

cisgenderism

Question 20

irrational fear of trans-identified individuals, anti-trans beliefs leading to purposely harming the rights and/or bodies of trans people

Answer 20

transphobia

Question 21

use of gendered language that does not match how people identify themselves

Answer 21

misgendering

Question 22

types of misgendering

Answer 22

mispronouncing, degendering, retroactive misgendering, objectifying biological language

Question 23

common assumptions that lead to misgending

Answer 23

can tell someone’s gender from looking, only masc/fem pronouns, always same pronuns

Question 24

bias that is unconscious and automatic

Answer 24

implicit bias

Question 25

bias that is conscious and deliberate

Answer 25

explicit bias

Question 26

uncertainty is incident is intentionally discriminatory

Answer 26

attributional ambiguity

Question 27

uncertainty whether others share beliefs (i.e. are also bothered by incident)

Answer 27

pluralistic ignorance

Question 28

thinking someone else will deal with a situation

Answer 28

diffusion of responsibility

Question 29

distorted self-perception and irrational fear of gaining weight that results in food restriction and extreme weight loss

Answer 29

anorexia nervosa

Question 30

cycles of binge eating followed by cycles of purging

Answer 30

bulimia nervosa

Question 31

reluctant binge eating followed by feelings of guilt, disgust, and distress

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binge eating disorder

Question 32

preoccupation with concerns about insufficient muscularity, often accompanied by excessive exercising and dangerous health practices

Answer 32

muscle dysmorphia

Question 33

being raised within a sociocultural context that routinely objectifies and sexualizes the female body has consequences for female mental health

Answer 33

objectification theory

Question 34

to internalize an outsider's perspective on one's physical self

Answer 34

self-objectification

Question 35

steps leading to eating disorder

Answer 35

self-objectification, social comparison, body shame, eating disorders