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PSY 339 Final Exam Questions And Answers Latest Update
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PSY 339 Final Exam Questions And Answers LatestUpdate
Why is there a psychology of women? -ANS>Women are often left out in the
course of history, the default focus is men.
Gender differences.
4 Themes of the book -ANS>1: Psychological gender differences are typically small
and inconsistent
2: People react differently to men and women
3: Women are less visible than men in many important areas.
4: Women differ widely from one another
Sex -ANS>refers only to those inborn biological characteristics relating to
reproduction
Gender -ANS>the psychological characteristics and social categories that human
culture creates
,How are sex and gender different? -ANS>Sex is biological, gender is a social
construct.
False Dichotomy -ANS>the idea that gender is strictly binary, that masculine and
feminine are mutually exclusive events (obviously not true, masc/fem exists on a
spectrum)
Social construction -ANS>the idea that gender is influenced by cultural and
situational contexts/the social world shapes our gender
Invisibility of gender -ANS>women are not as visible in mainstream media as men
are
"doing gender" -ANS>you express your gender when you interact with other
people (you provide gender messages to other people by your appearance, your
tone of voice, as well as your conversational style.
gender is active and dynamic rather than stable and rigid
Sexism -ANS>discrimination or bias against people on basis of their sex (often
directed at women)
Examples of Sexism: Overt -ANS>blatant and easy to notice (ex. having a belief that
women are less competent than men)
,Examples of Sexism: Covert -ANS>not as easy to recognize (ex. women need to be
protected)
Examples of Sexism: Benevolent -ANS>chivalrous attitude toward women that
seems favorable, but is harmful because it reinforces the belief that women are
weak and need protection from men (ex. men holding the door for women, paying
for dinner, etc.)
Racism -ANS>discrimination or bias against people based on their race
Bias -ANS>prejudice in favor of one group over another, typically unfairly (ex. in
group v. out-group bias, are you w/ us or against us?)
Oppression -ANS>prolonged, cruel and unjust treatment of a group (ex. the
oppression and stigmatization of female sexuality, male sexuality is celebrated and
female sexuality is ostracized)
Privilege -ANS>a special advantage or benefit; describes the social, economic or
political advantage that is given to people simply for being part of a certain group,
rather than because they actually did or failed to do anything. (ex. male privilege,
white privilege)
Intersectionality -ANS>the study of the relationships among multiple social forces
and how they affect one another (ex. intersectional feminism means studying ALL
women)
, Ethnocentrism -ANS>evaluating other cultures based on preconceptions and
expectations of one's own culture
White as normative -ANS>social norm courtesy of the Anglo Saxon Core that
shaped our country as the racially unjust society it is today. Belief that white is the
best, more pure race and all others are "less than."
assume white and mention when different race
Androcentric/Androcentrism -ANS>the practice of placing a masculine point of
view as the center of one's worldview, history and culture, therefore marginalizing
femininity
Feminism -ANS>A movement for the social, economic and political equality of the
sexes; the legal and social changes needed to achieve that equality
(Three waves)
1st Wave of Feminism (1848-1920) -ANS>focused on legal equality between the
sexes, economically, women's suffrage, challenged the idea of female inferiority.
2nd Wave of Feminism (1960's-70's) -ANS>focused on equal opportunities for
women in job hiring, education, domestic violence, etc.
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