Test 2

Question 1

What is Fear of Success?

Answer 1

Association of negative consequences with achievement

Question 2

What are the 2 requirements for fear of success?

Answer 2

1. The person must perceive achievement as possible

2. The person must associate achievement with negative consequences

Question 3

Why are women changing career choices?

Answer 3

Step away from unfriendly environments, desire for greater job flexibility, the conflict between work and family, lack of female role models

Question 4

What major factors influence sex differences in self-confidence?

Answer 4

Depends on the nature of the task. Is it considered more feminine or masculine to complete?

Question 5

What is stereotype threat?

Answer 5

Activating the female stereotype hinders women’s performance

Question 6

How do you disarm stereotype threat?

Answer 6

Putting effort over ability, disassociating identity from performance, educating others, self-affirmation

Question 7

What is an internal attribution?

Answer 7

Cause is within a person

Question 8

What is an external attribution?

Answer 8

Located in the environment

Question 9

What is a stable attribution?

Answer 9

Doesn’t change with time

Question 10

What is an unstable attribution?

Answer 10

Changes across time and situations

Question 11

What causes do men have for achievement?

Answer 11

Internal Causes

Question 12

What causes do women have for achievement?

Answer 12

Internal, unstable, or external causes

Question 13

What is success due to?

Answer 13

Ability

Question 14

What is self-serving bias?

Answer 14

The tendency to assign internal attributions for success and external attributions for failure

Question 15

What types of play do boys prefer?

Answer 15

Egotistic dominance, Big groups, rough-and-tumble play, competitive, activity-oriented, dominance

Question 16

What types of play do girls prefer?

Answer 16

Prosocial dominance, small number of friends, cooperative, relationship focused, structured activities

Question 17

What is the gender segregation cycle?

Answer 17

amount of time spent with same-sex increases sex-stereotypic thinking and more negative attitudes towards to opposite sex

Question 18

How do men interact with other men?

Answer 18

Negative social

Question 19

How do women interact with other women?

Answer 19

Positive social

Question 20

How does one sex talk to another sex?

Answer 20

More likely to adapt to the other partner’s style

Question 21

What tasks are women more confident in?

Answer 21

Female-oriented jobs

Question 22

What tasks are men more confident in?

Answer 22

Male-oriented jobs

Question 23

How do men differ in language?

Answer 23

Speak longer, self-reference, directive

Question 24

How do women differ in language?

Answer 24

Emotions, ask questions, longer sentences, minimal responses

Question 25

How do men usually respond emotionally?

Answer 25

With anger and/or pride

Question 26

How do women usually respond emotionally?

Answer 26

Emotionally expressive, especially with sadness, love, and fear

Question 27

How do men express their emotions?

Answer 27

They try to suppress them and internally react

Question 28

How do women express their emotions?

Answer 28

Positively and outwardly

Question 29

What is the expectation states theory?

Answer 29

Sex differences in communication are due to the status differences between men and women

Question 30

What is the dispositional level of analysis?

Answer 30

Emphasizes the characteristics of the person as a determinant of friendship

Question 31

What is the structural level of analysis?

Answer 31

Emphasizes the different positions of women and men in society

Question 32

How do girl friends interact?

Answer 32

Greater intimacy, self-disclosure, more likely group of 2

Question 33

How do boy friends interact?

Answer 33

Larger social network, focused on activity, play with nonfriends too

Question 34

How do both genders relate with looking for friends?

Answer 34

Want same qualities, lots of casual conversations

Question 35

What is self-disclosure?

Answer 35

Revealing one's innermost self

Question 36

Who shares more about their personal issues?

Answer 36

Women

Question 37

What is co-rumination?

Answer 37

Repeated discussion

Question 38

What barriers are there for male closeness?

Answer 38

Competition, homophobia, emotional inexpressiveness

Question 39

Who's friendships are more fragile?

Answer 39

Females due to high expectations

Question 40

What types of conflicts are there in friendships?

Answer 40

Relational aggression, cyberbullying

Question 41

What challenges are there for different-sex friendships?

Answer 41

Emotional bond, sexual, equality, audience, opportunity

Question 42

What are the primary motivating factors for romantic relationships?

Answer 42

Support and companionship

Question 43

What do men look for in women?

Answer 43

Physical attractiveness

Question 44

What do women look for in men?

Answer 44

Intelligence, occupational status, good with finance, ambition

Question 45

What do people look for in short-term relationships?

Answer 45

Attractiveness

Question 46

What do people look for in long-term relationships?

Answer 46

Warmth

Question 47

What are the top 3 traits wanted in a homosexual relationship?

Answer 47

Romantic love, faithfulness

Question 48

What is the evolutionary theory?

Answer 48

Maximize survival of genes

Question 49

What is Social Role Theory?

Answer 49

Emphasis on distinct division of labor

Question 50

What is social construct theory?

Answer 50

Social norms dictate what is desirable

Question 51

What is the sexual double standard?

Answer 51

Men can have lots of sex but sex outside of marraige is unexceptable

Question 52

What is accommodation?

Answer 52

If one acts traditionally, the other is more likely to follow

Question 53

What are emotional skills?

Answer 53

the management of one's own and one's partner's emotions during interactions

Question 54

What emotional skills are needed to maintain a relationship?

Answer 54

Being open, softening delivery, communication

Question 55

What is an equitable relationship?

Answer 55

a person feels that what they put into and get out of a relationship is equal to what the partner feels that what the partner puts into and gets out of the relationship

Question 56

Does relationship satisfaction go down for lesbians or gays?

Answer 56

Stays the same for lesbains, and declines a smudge for gays but goes back up