The Psychology of Women and Gender 9th Edition Test Bank by Else-Quest and Hyde

Chapter 1: Introduction
Test Bank
Multiple Choice

1. The term “gender” refers to .
A. the culturally imposed roles of males and females
B. the state of being male, female, both male and female, or neither male or female
C. social construction
D. biological aspects of masculinity and femininity
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sex, Gender, Transgender, and Cisgender
Difficulty Level: Easy

2. A person who is cisgender .
A. has a gender identity that matches the gender they were assigned at birth
B. has a gender identity that does not match the gender they were assigned at birth
C. is intersex
D. is a trans woman
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sex, Gender, Transgender, and Cisgender
Difficulty Level: Easy


3. Enrica had female anatomy at birth, was raised as a girl, and has a female identity.Enrica is
a .
A. trans woman
B. heterosexual woman
C. cis woman
D. intersex woman
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sex, Gender, Transgender, and Cisgender
Difficulty Level: Easy

4. The is a system of conceptualizing gender as having two distinct and
opposing groups or kinds, male and female.
A. gender binary
B. gender positivism
C. gender epistemology
D. gender identity
Ans: A

,Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sex, Gender, Transgender, and Cisgender
Difficulty Level: Easy


5. Bias that recognizes a person‟s birth-assigned gender but not their gender identity isknown as
.
A. sexism
B. genderism
C. cisgenderism
D. identity bias
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sex, Gender, Transgender, and Cisgender
Difficulty Level: Easy

6. “Sexism” can be defined as .
A. harassment on the basis of gender
B. discrimination or bias against people based on their gender
C. men‟s negative attitudes toward women
D. women‟s negative attitudes toward men
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sexism
Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Today, old-fashioned sexism has been replaced by more covert or subtle prejudicedbeliefs
about women, also known as .
A. hostile sexism
B. benevolent sexism
C. modern sexism
D. ambivalent sexism
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sexism
Difficulty Level: Medium

8. In one study of experiences with sexism among adolescent girls, .
A. the results indicated that experiences of sexism are rare today.
B. girls were more likely to receive discouraging messages from boys than from
teachers.
C. girls were more likely to be encouraged in math, science, or computers.
D. boys were more likely to be discouraged in athletics.Ans:
B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sexism

,Difficulty Level: Medium

9. In one study of adolescent girls‟ experiences with sexism, .
A. 23% had been discouraged in math, science, or computers by teachers and 32% hadbeen
discouraged by boys in these areas.
B. the results indicated that experiences of sexism are rare today.
C. 80% had been discouraged by teachers in math, science, or computers.
D. girls were more likely to receive discouraging messages from teachers than fromboys.
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sexism
Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Negative, resentful attitudes toward women and adversarial beliefs about genderrelations
are also known as .
A. neosexism
B. hostile sexism
C. benevolent sexism
D. feminism
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sexism
Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Modern sexism involves which of the following?
A. a denial that there is continuing discrimination against women
B. antagonistic feelings about women‟s “demands”
C. resentment about perceived special favors granted to women
D. all of these
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sexism
Difficulty Level: Easy

12. is the term for the belief that women should be honored, put on a pedestal,and
viewed as pure beings who should be protected.
A. Benevolent sexism
B. Hostile sexism
C. Neosexism
D. Feminism
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sexism
Difficulty Level: Easy

, 13. “Feminist” can be defined as .
A. a person who wants more power for women
B. a person who favors more rights for women than for men
C. a person who conforms to the traditional role for women
D. a person who favors political, economic, and social equality of all people, regardlessof
gender
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Feminism
Difficulty Level: Easy


14. Intersectionality is defined as .
A. a part of feminist theory
B. another term for modern sexism
C. an approach that simultaneously considers the meaning and consequences ofmultiple
categories of identity
D. both a part of feminist theory and an approach that simultaneously considers themeaning
and consequences of multiple categories of identity
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Intersectionality of Gender
Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Professor Garcia is conducting research on conceptualization of femininity amongAfrican
American women, Latinx women, Asian American women, Native American women, and
White women. Professor Garcia is applying an approach called .
A. experimental design
B. overgeneralization
C. intersectionality
D. cross-sectionality
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Intersectionality of Gender
Difficulty Level: Medium

16. The term for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with genitals or
reproductive anatomy that are not typical of females or males is .
A. transgender
B. cisgender
C. gender binary
D. intersex
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sex, Gender, Transgender, and Cisgender Table 1.1
Difficulty Level: Easy