CMN 010v Final Exam Questions And 100%
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Gender Similarities Hypothesis - Answer males and females are similar on most, but not
all, psychological variables
statistical method of gender meta-analysis
its relation to gender similarities? - Answer method for aggregating research finding
across many studies of the same question
- idea for research on gender differences where hundreds of studies of a particular
question have been conducted
What is the concluding point about inspection of effect sizes when examining the
evidence of the article?
(Gender Differences; Hyde) - 78% of the effect sizes gender differences are close to
zero and in the small range
- gender differences are mostly small
What is the first area of large gender difference?
(Gender Differences; Hyde) - Domination of motor performance throwing
velocity/distance due to puberty
What is the second area of large gender difference?
(Gender Differences ; Hyde) - Answer Measure of sexuality (incidences of masturbation
and attitudes about casual sex in uncommitted relationships)
What does the study shoe about gender differences in aggression?
,(Gender Differences ; Hyde) - Answer moderate in magnitude / ambiguous in relational
aggression
what are the various arguments about the costs of inflated claims of gender
differences? - Answer Gilligan's Argument: women speak in a different moral "voice"
than men
- women = caring / men = justice
Problem : reinforces stereotypes
Boys are better at math than girls
Problem: girls ability to strive in math are overlooked by parents and teachers
Boys and Girls are both subjects to low self-esteems
Problem: Boys low self-esteem overlooked
What was the general approach of the research?
(Entertainment ; Hoffner) - Answer Interview kids about the favorite TV character with
regard to same-sex, attractiveness, strength, humor, intelligence, and social behavior
Analysis of predictors
(Entertainment ; Hoffner) - Answer attractiveness was the only significant predictor for
female characters
wishful identification was predicted by intelligence for male characters and humor for
female characters
parasocial interaction predicted by intelligence, attractiveness for girls
and by strength for boys
, good looks = boys and girls
strength = boys
Hypothesis and Research Questions
(Entertainment ; Hoffner) - Answer H: Boys will choose same-sex characters more often
than girls will--- children will report greater wishful identification with sam-sex
characters than with opposite sex
boys - choose off who they want to interact with
girls - choose off who they identify with
What are the characteristics researched in the experiment?
(Entertainment ; Hoffner) - Answer all boys choose same-sex
only half of the girls choose same-sex
What does Cialdini say about how people decide?
(Persuasion ; Cialdini) - Answer People do NOT base their decisions on all the available
information
What does Cialdini claim about the universality of the short-cuts he describes?
(Persuasion ; Cialdini)-Answer That knowing them and using them in an ethical manner
can sharply increase the likelihood that someone will say yes to your request
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