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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN AND GENDER
10TH EDITION
CHAPTER NO. 01: INTRODUCTION

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION & ANSWERS

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 nor female
C. social construction
D. biological aspects of masculinity and femininity
Ans: B
Learning Objective: Explain the difference between sex, gender, transgender, and
cisgender.
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
Learning Objective: Explain the difference between sex, gender, transgender, and
cisgender.
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
Learning Objective: Explain the difference between sex, gender, transgender, and
cisgender.
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
Learning Objective: Explain the difference between sex, gender, transgender, and
cisgender.
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 is
known as ______.
A. sexism
B. genderism
C. cisgenderism

,D. identity bias
Ans: C
Learning Objective: Explain the difference between sex, gender, transgender, and
cisgender.
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
Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sexism
Difficulty Level: Easy


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 Today, old-fashioned sexism has been replaced by more covert or subtle prejudiced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


8. Benevolent sexism ______.

, A. is not really sexism
B. is harmless
C. is good for women
D. stereotypes women as weak and dependent
Ans: D
Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sexism
Difficulty Level: Medium


9. A study of male and female STEM students found ______.
A. girls were more likely to receive discouraging messages from teachers than from
boys
B. girls experienced hostile sexism
C. boys experienced benevolent sexism
D. both hostile and benevolent sexism were linked to women actually performing worse
in their STEM classes
Ans: D
Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sexism
Difficulty Level: Medium


10. Negative, resentful attitudes toward women and adversarial beliefs about gender
relations are also known as ______.
A. neosexism
B. hostile sexism
C. benevolent sexism
D. feminism
Ans: B
Learning Objective: Discuss sexism and feminism.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge