Womens Studies Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Womens Studies is an interdisciplinary course that explores the social, cultural, historical, and political experiences of women and the impact of gender roles and identities on individuals and societies. Through a diverse range of readings, discussions, and critical analyses, students examine topics such as feminism, intersectionality, power dynamics, and the ongoing struggles for gender equality. The course also highlights the contributions and perspectives of women from varied backgrounds, fostering an understanding of how race, class, sexuality, nationality, and other identities intersect with gender. By engaging with current debates and historical developments, students develop analytical tools to challenge assumptions and advocate for social justice.
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Gendered Lives 10th Edition by Julia T. Wood
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Chapter 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture
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Q1) The term patriarchy literally means ____.
A) oppression of females.
B) from male standpoint.
C) rule by the fathers.
D) government by men.
E) all of the above.
Answer: C
Q2) There are two distinct genders,female and male.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Unlike sex,gender is a relational concept.Explain what this means and the implications of it,and give an example that illustrates your point.
Answer: Gender is a relational concept because we can only understand femininity compared and contrasted with masculinity.Likewise,we cannot understand masculinity without the concept of femininity.We socially construct these two to be opposites; for example,if we see masculinity as being about strength,then femininity is seen as weakness.This concept is important because it means that when we change our ideas about one gender,we necessarily change the way we think about another gender.
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Chapter 2: Theoretical Approaches to Gender Development
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Q1) Children learn who they are and what that means in their culture through interaction with parents,teachers,and friends.Through this,they learn gender roles for men and women and may internalize them.Which theory does this definition best describe?
A) cognitive development
B) social learning
C) psychodynamic (or psychoanalytic)
D) biological
E) symbolic interactionism
Answer: E
Q2) Social learning theory
Answer: Children learn appropriate behaviors through reinforcement from others.Since children prefer rewards to neutral responses or punishments,they will repeat behaviors reinforced by others as appropriate for their gender.Children are viewed as relatively passive learners.
Q3) Biological theory says that genes,hormones,and brain structure are the basis of gender difference.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Rhetorical Shaping of Genderwomens
Movements in America
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Q1) What factors led to the development of liberal feminism?
A) The discrimination women experienced in New Left politics.
B) The publication of Susan Faludi's Backlash.
C) The public protest at which women burned their bras.
D) The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique.
E) A desire to bring women's moral perspectives to politics.
Answer: D
Q2) A group of women engages in conscious raising "rap" sessions.During the rap sessions,women talk about personal experiences with sexism and how these are related to social and political structures.Each woman has an equal opportunity to speak,so that no one person can dominate the discussion.This group best represents which branch of feminism?
A) radical feminists
B) liberal feminists
C) womanists
D) separatists
E) revalorists
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: The Rhetorical Shaping of Gendermens
Movements in America
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Q1) Traitorous identity
Q2) Which of the following is true of NOMAS.
A) It stands for the National Organization of Men Against Sexism.
B) It celebrates traditionally masculine values of courage and ambition.
C) It condemns traditionally masculine values of aggression and emotional insensitivity.
D) It attempts to help men understand how their emotional development has been hindered by our culture's view of masculinity.
E) All of the above.
Q3) Which of the following is/are true about men's movements?
A) All men's movements reject feminist insights
B) American men's participation in men's movements is greater than American women's participation in women's movements.
C) Men's movements often arise in response to particular branches of women's movements.
D) Although diverse, men's movements share a fundamental ideology.
E) Men's movements are mostly a thing of the past.
Q4) Men's rights activist
Q5) Montreal Massacre
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Chapter 5: Gendered Verbal Communication
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Q1) Spotlighting
Q2) Male generic language
Q3) Compare and contrast the rules of communication that are promoted in games typically played by boys and games typically played by girls.Discuss the implications of these games for communication by adult women and men.
Q4) Wood argues that language defines men and women differently.Explain the different ways men and women are defined and provide examples to support your claims.
Q5) The newspaper prints the headline,"Woman Selected to be Judge." This is an example of ____.
A) spotlighting
B) stereotyping
C) polarized thinking
D) verbal hedging
E) a tag question
Q6) Women tend to interrupt others more than men.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Tag question
Q8) Polarized thinking
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Chapter 6: Gendered Nonverbal Communication
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Q1) Artifacts can be a tool to challenge traditional notions of masculinity and femininity.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Haptics
Q3) People from which demographic group are most likely to strive to achieve unrealistic body ideals?
A) African American women
B) Caucasian women
C) African American men
D) Caucasian men
E) A and B
Q4) Nonverbal communication can function in which of the following ways?
A) to regulate interaction
B) to establish liking
C) to supplement verbal communication
D) to establish power
E) all of the above
Q5) Kinesics
Q6) Artifacts
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Chapter 7: Becoming Gendered: The Early Years
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Q1) In the United States,a current theme in views of femininity is that women should establish closeness through talking with others in large relational networks.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Define ego boundaries and explain how they typically develop in masculine and feminine people,noting both similarities and differences in development.
Q3) Sons perceive their fathers as more affectionate than fathers perceive themselves.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to some counselors,pressure to live up to ideals of masculinity has led to an epidemic of hidden male depression.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Men in the U.S.are seen as failing at masculinity if they try to transcend traditional notions of masculinity.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Gendered Education Communication in Schools
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Q1) Girls face less pressure to conform to feminine socialization than boys do to conform to masculine socialization.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Elementary school classrooms are often unfriendly to boys,creating a poor foundation for success as boys continue their schooling
A)True
B)False
Q3) Both males and females can be disadvantaged by U.S.school systems.Overall,which group students do you think experiences the most gender-based disadvantages in education? Be sure to use examples of disadvantages and/or other information from the chapter to support your opinion.
Q4) College males report studying more than college females do.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The Morrill Act of 1862
Q6) Discuss the controversy over female abilities for math and/or science.How do females typically fare in math and science? Be sure to address biological and social factors.
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Chapter 9: Gendered Close Relationships
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Q1) Both men and women are more satisfied in romantic relationships when their partner engages in intimate self-disclosure,gives emotionally supportive responses,and is sensitive and empathic.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is true about romantic relationships?
A) Women tend to fall in love faster and harder than men.
B) Women perceive of love in terms of taking trips to romantic places, spontaneously making love, and surprising their partners.
C) In romantic relationships between women and men, attitudes toward sexual activity have undergone profound changes over the last several decades.
D) Women are more likely than men to focus on relationship dynamics.
E) All of the above.
Q3) Covert intimacy
Q4) In heterosexual couples in which the woman earns substantially more than the man,the man performs the majority of household labor.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Gendered Organizational Communication
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Q1) Roughly 90% of female employees who work outside the home have experienced sexual harassment.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Informal networks
Q3) Equal opportunity laws ____.
A) apply to groups, not individuals, that have suffered discrimination
B) deal only with the present¾not historical¾discrimination
C) are judged by results, not intent
D) are the same thing as affirmative action
E) state how many minorities must be hired, promoted, or admitted at an institution.
Q4) Affirmative action policies
Q5) Fortune 500 companies that have a strong record of promoting women to executive levels outperform other Fortune 500 companies.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Q7) Glass walls
Q8) Glass ceilings
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Chapter 11: Gendered Media
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Q1) Research indicates that watching sexually explicit films that degrade women ____.
A) was reported by a majority of convicted rapists as a regular activity prior to incarceration
B) is significantly correlated to viewing habits of women in violent romantic relationships
C) is related to men becoming more dominant toward women with whom they interact
D) has no impact on men's views towards women
E) has no impact on women's understanding of their relationships with men
Q2) Product placement
Q3) Though sometimes their portrayals are problematic,news programs,sitcoms and dramas no longer underrepresent women and minorities.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Unlike other television genres,reality television portrays men in non-stereotypical ways.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Mommy track
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Chapter 12: Gendered Power and Violence
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Q1) Discuss the differences between the ways men and women enact gendered violence.
Q2) Femicide
Q3) Infibulation
Q4) Define sexual harassment.Then,identify and evaluate the two different legal forms of sexual harassment and standards for determining whether it occurred.Your response should explain which standard,if any,you favor and why.
Q5) Researchers have found that,in general,gendered violence is best explained by examining perpetrators' individual circumstances and history.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Pornography
Q7) Hostile environment
Q8) The "reasonable woman" standard
Q9) Informed consent
Q10) Victims of battering would be safer if they left abusive relationships.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Epilogue-looking Backward, Looking Forward
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Q1) Which of the following statements about difference does your book support?
A) Difference causes strife in organizations.
B) We should seek to minimize differences and emphasize commonalities.
C) Diversity already exists and it can be a tool to enrich relationships and organizations.
D) Diversity is declining in the U.S.
E) The melting pot is the best metaphor to describe difference in the U.S.
Q2) Voice
Q3) Which of the following is true about taking voice and enacting change?
A) Change comes primarily through the use of direct power - making people do what they would not do on their own.
B) The only people with the ability to engage in agenda setting have formal power, such as newspaper editors and television producers.
C) Taking voice and enacting change are processes.
D) The responsibility for taking voice and enacting change around gender norms rests primarily with men.
E) The responsibility for taking voice and enacting change around gender norms rests primarily with women.
Q4) Gatekeepers
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Chapter 14: Introduction: Opening the Conversation
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Q1) If everyone could become aware of gender inequality,it would no longer exist.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The author of your textbook argues that U.S.society has undergone numerous changes that have led to greater gender equity; at the same time,she suggests additional changes are needed.What are some of the positive changes Wood discusses and what work still needs to be done?
Q3) Sexism is the fault of men.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Being feminist is in conflict with being feminine.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Socially constructed
Q6) How many women in the U.S.are killed by their intimate partner each day?
A) 1 in 20
B) 1 in 100
C) 1 in 2
D) 1 in 4
E) 1 in 250
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