Question 1

Media define females, more than males, by their

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A)   intelligence
B)   physical attractiveness
C)   suggestive clothing
D)   b and c

Question 2

In psychology of women textbooks, coverage of eating disorders and sexually transmitted infections focuses on:

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A)   younger women.
B)   middle-aged women.
C)   older women.
D)   women of all ages

Question 3

Ambivalent sexism refers to the combination of:

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A)   modern sexism and traditional sexism.
B)   modern sexism and benevolent sexism.
C)   modern sexism and hostile sexism.
D)   benevolent sexism and hostile sexism.

Question 4

Magazines targeted at teen girls and young women

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A)   stress the importance of improving one's physical attractiveness through diet, exercise and use of beauty products.
B)   prey on women's insecurities to get them to buy advertiser's products.
C)   have increased use of sexual imagery in recent years.
D)   all of the above

Question 5

Which woman is most likely to choose a nonconventional surname when she marries?

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A)   a woman with no children from a previous marriage
B)   a woman who is just starting her career
C)   a woman with a doctoral degree.
D)   a woman who is highly religious

Question 6

Regarding the portrayal of women in music and music videos, which of the following statements is/are true?

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A)   Some popular music lyrics contain explicit sexual references which often are degrading to women.
B)   Music videos often emphasize women's sexuality rather than their musical talent.
C)   Both of the above
D)   Neither of the above

Question 7

Ann Hopkins' case is an example of:

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A)   ageism
B)   backlash effect
C)   spotlighting
D)   benevolent sexism

Question 8

Which of the following groups is most likely to experience age-based prejudice?

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A)   female teenagers
B)   male teenagers
C)   women in late adulthood
D)   men in late adulthood

Question 9

Which of the following statements regarding the portrayal of ethnic minority women in the media is/are correct?

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A)   Asian American women are featured in greater numbers than are any other women of color.
B)   Ethnic minority women are actually over-represented in ads in a wide variety of periodicals.
C)   The media tend to portray Latinas in low-status occupations.
D)   a and b

Question 10

Which of the following statements about gender stereotyping of children is/are correct?

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A)   Adults tend to stereotype infants but not older children.
B)   Parents tend to see their newborns as unique and do not apply gender stereotypes to them.
C)   Although adults apply gender stereotypes to children, these stereotypes are different from the communal-agentic distinction comprising stereotypes of adults.
D)   none of the above

Question 11

Which of the following language practices directly reflect the belief of male as normative?

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A)   spotlighting.
B)   diminutive suffixes for female terms.
C)   animal and food terms to refer to females.
D)   a and b

Question 12

A recent study of 600 teenage girls of varied socioeconomic and ethnic background reported:

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A)   one-half of the girls heard discouraging, sexist comments about their science, math or athletic abilities
B)   three-fourths of the girls received disparaging remarks about their athletic or sports involvement
C)   teachers and fathers were a frequent source of discouraging remarks about girls' academic ability
D)   all of the above

Question 13

Research on gender stereotypes shows that college students and faculty view:

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A)   the ideal woman as more communal than most women.
B)   the ideal woman and man as high on both communion and agency.
C)   the ideal man as high on communion and low on agency.
D)   the ideal woman as high on agency and low on communion.

Question 14

Which of the following is not true of Ann Hopkins' legal battle?

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A)   She lost her case and left Price Waterhouse.
B)   Her case was appealed to the Supreme Court.
C)   A federal judge concluded that gender-based stereotyping had played a role in Price Waterhouse's refusal to promote her to partner.
D)   She became partner and was awarded financial compensation for lost wages.

Question 15

Which of the following is not an assumption of the social categorization perspective on stereotyping?

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A)   People tend to classify others into categories.
B)   Categorization is frequently based on easily identifiable attributes.
C)   People assume that individuals in the same category share traits with one another.
D)   Because it is easy to classify people, category-based stereotypes are always accurate.

Question 16

Research shows that by age 6, girls are:

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A)   more likely than boys to believe their own gender is "really, really smart"
B)   as likely as boys to believe that their own gender is "really, really smart"
C)   less likely than boys to believe that their own gender is "really, really smart"
D)   as likely as boys to believe that children their age are smarter than adults

Question 17

In animated Disney films, older women often are portrayed as:

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A)   helpful
B)   evil
C)   feeble
D)   wise

Question 18

Which of the following groups of individuals is least likely to be seen on television?

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A)   Asian American women over age 35
B)   White women over age 35
C)   White women under age 35
D)   Black women under age 35

Question 19

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Question 20

Ageism is:

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A)   a bias against older people.
B)   more strongly directed toward women than men.
C)   both of the above
D)   neither of the above

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Ambivalent sexism refers to the combination of:

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