Instructor’s Manual with Test Bank
for Margaret W. Matlin
The Psychology of Women
Seventh Edition
prepared by
Margaret W. Matlin
State University, New York at Geneseo
,Instructor’s Manual with Test Bank for Margaret W. Matlin’s , 7e (2012)
Psychology of Women
Table of Contents
1
8
Outlines of Test Bank 13
18
127
1 Introduction Gender Stereotypes and Other 127
2 Gender Biases Infancy and Childhood 151
3 Adolescence Gender Comparisons in Cognitive 171
4 Abilities and 194
5 Attitudes About Achievement
Gender Comparisons in Social and 213
6 Personality Characteristics
Women and Work 232
7 Love Relationships 248
8 Sexuality 269
9 288
10 Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood 307
11 Women and Physical Health 324
12 Women and Psychological Health 343
13 Violence Against Women 361
14 Women and Older Adulthood 378
15 Moving Onward . . . 395
, Instructor’s Manual with Test Bank for Margaret W. Matlin’s , 7e (2012)
Psychology of Women
Psychology of Women Dr. Margaret W. Matlin
Psychology 308 Department of Psychology
Fall, 2010 SUNY Geneseo
SYLLABUS
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The purpose of this course is to examine the lives of girls and women. We will include topics
such as gender stereotypes, the development of gender roles, gender comparisons, women and
work, love relationships, sexuality, women’s physical and mental health, violence against
women, and women in later adulthood. Students who take this course should acquire a better
understanding about girls, women, and gender in North America.
As the course instructor, I’m hopeful that each of you will work toward the following goals:
1. To understand the relevant information about the lives of girls and women—as well as
gender—with a particular emphasis on the complexity of the issues.
2. To develop critical-thinking skills, so that you can evaluate both the research in professional
journals and information described in the popular media.
3. To know how to design your own psychology research project, to conduct the research, and
to write an appropriately professional summary of your own research, emphasizing the
potential methodological flaws and strengths in your study.
4. To explore your own ideas and attitudes about gender, appreciating that we do not need to be
constrained by our culture’s traditional gender roles.
5. To appreciate the inequalities that many individuals face, based on social categories other
than gender. These categories include age, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion,
social class, and country of residence. We will also consider some information about
inequalities in other cultures, outside North America.
READING MATERIALS
Our textbook for the course will be:
Matlin, M. W. (2008). The psychology of women (6th ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage/Wadsworth.
You’ll need to use this 6th edition, which has a brown and gold cover and a photo of a girl, a
young woman, and an older woman. This edition has more than 1,400 new references that were
published since the earlier 5th edition, as well as many concepts and research-based studies that
were not discussed in the 5th edition. (Do not use the 5th edition, which has a purple cover and a
, Instructor’s Manual with Test Bank for Margaret W. Matlin’s Psychology of Women
PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN
RESEARCH PROJECT HANDOUT
Psychology of Women Dr. Margaret W. Matlin
Psychology 308 Department of Psychology
Spring, 2007 SUNY Geneseo
Psychology of Women Research Project
The purpose of this project is to introduce you to research about the Psychology of
Women. You are not expected to conduct the ideal, perfectly controlled experiment. Instead, I
hope that this exercise will provide you with a first-hand experience of the kinds of issues that
researchers need to consider and the variety of challenges that research often presents.
The projects generally fall into four categories:
1. Archival analyses, or quantified inspections of magazines, books, and other aspects of media,
etc. A typical project here would be whether males and females are represented differently in
the illustrations in elementary-school mathematics textbooks.
2. Questionnaires about interests, activities, and beliefs. A typical project would be whether
students think that a wife should perform a greater portion of the household tasks than a
husband performs.
3. Naturalistic observation, or recording of behavior in a natural setting. A typical project would
be to determine whether girls and boys differ in their aggressive behavior at a public
playground.
4. Experiments, with controlled manipulation of variables. A typical project would be the
study about aggression, described in the preview on p. 2.
In all cases, you must test at least three hypotheses. Each hypothesis typically compares
two numbers (e.g., This sample of mathematics textbooks will show more males than females in
the illustrations.”).
for Margaret W. Matlin
The Psychology of Women
Seventh Edition
prepared by
Margaret W. Matlin
State University, New York at Geneseo
,Instructor’s Manual with Test Bank for Margaret W. Matlin’s , 7e (2012)
Psychology of Women
Table of Contents
1
8
Outlines of Test Bank 13
18
127
1 Introduction Gender Stereotypes and Other 127
2 Gender Biases Infancy and Childhood 151
3 Adolescence Gender Comparisons in Cognitive 171
4 Abilities and 194
5 Attitudes About Achievement
Gender Comparisons in Social and 213
6 Personality Characteristics
Women and Work 232
7 Love Relationships 248
8 Sexuality 269
9 288
10 Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood 307
11 Women and Physical Health 324
12 Women and Psychological Health 343
13 Violence Against Women 361
14 Women and Older Adulthood 378
15 Moving Onward . . . 395
, Instructor’s Manual with Test Bank for Margaret W. Matlin’s , 7e (2012)
Psychology of Women
Psychology of Women Dr. Margaret W. Matlin
Psychology 308 Department of Psychology
Fall, 2010 SUNY Geneseo
SYLLABUS
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The purpose of this course is to examine the lives of girls and women. We will include topics
such as gender stereotypes, the development of gender roles, gender comparisons, women and
work, love relationships, sexuality, women’s physical and mental health, violence against
women, and women in later adulthood. Students who take this course should acquire a better
understanding about girls, women, and gender in North America.
As the course instructor, I’m hopeful that each of you will work toward the following goals:
1. To understand the relevant information about the lives of girls and women—as well as
gender—with a particular emphasis on the complexity of the issues.
2. To develop critical-thinking skills, so that you can evaluate both the research in professional
journals and information described in the popular media.
3. To know how to design your own psychology research project, to conduct the research, and
to write an appropriately professional summary of your own research, emphasizing the
potential methodological flaws and strengths in your study.
4. To explore your own ideas and attitudes about gender, appreciating that we do not need to be
constrained by our culture’s traditional gender roles.
5. To appreciate the inequalities that many individuals face, based on social categories other
than gender. These categories include age, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion,
social class, and country of residence. We will also consider some information about
inequalities in other cultures, outside North America.
READING MATERIALS
Our textbook for the course will be:
Matlin, M. W. (2008). The psychology of women (6th ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage/Wadsworth.
You’ll need to use this 6th edition, which has a brown and gold cover and a photo of a girl, a
young woman, and an older woman. This edition has more than 1,400 new references that were
published since the earlier 5th edition, as well as many concepts and research-based studies that
were not discussed in the 5th edition. (Do not use the 5th edition, which has a purple cover and a
, Instructor’s Manual with Test Bank for Margaret W. Matlin’s Psychology of Women
PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN
RESEARCH PROJECT HANDOUT
Psychology of Women Dr. Margaret W. Matlin
Psychology 308 Department of Psychology
Spring, 2007 SUNY Geneseo
Psychology of Women Research Project
The purpose of this project is to introduce you to research about the Psychology of
Women. You are not expected to conduct the ideal, perfectly controlled experiment. Instead, I
hope that this exercise will provide you with a first-hand experience of the kinds of issues that
researchers need to consider and the variety of challenges that research often presents.
The projects generally fall into four categories:
1. Archival analyses, or quantified inspections of magazines, books, and other aspects of media,
etc. A typical project here would be whether males and females are represented differently in
the illustrations in elementary-school mathematics textbooks.
2. Questionnaires about interests, activities, and beliefs. A typical project would be whether
students think that a wife should perform a greater portion of the household tasks than a
husband performs.
3. Naturalistic observation, or recording of behavior in a natural setting. A typical project would
be to determine whether girls and boys differ in their aggressive behavior at a public
playground.
4. Experiments, with controlled manipulation of variables. A typical project would be the
study about aggression, described in the preview on p. 2.
In all cases, you must test at least three hypotheses. Each hypothesis typically compares
two numbers (e.g., This sample of mathematics textbooks will show more males than females in
the illustrations.”).
