Study Guide for Midterm 1
Psychology of Women
- The
distinction between gender and sex
- Biases
that can exist in research (Focusing on Gender based biases)
- Hypothesis
or Research Question
- Method
- Analysis
- Reporting
the Research
- Attitude
- Affective,
Cognitive, and Behavioral components of an attitude
- Gender
role ideology or Gender role attitudes
- Sexism,
Stereotypes, Discrimination
- Racial
differences in gender role ideologies
- Traditional,
egalitarian, and transitional gender role ideologies
- Category-based
expectancies versus target-based expectancies
- Subcategories
and Gender-role stereotypes
- Discrimination
- Types
of Sexism [traditional, modern & hostile, benevolent]
- Descriptive
versus prescriptive components of a stereotype
- Racial
differences in descriptive components of a stereotype
- Stereotypes
and the Media (book)
- Seven
key points about how women are represented in the media
- Gender
representation in language
- Media
portrayal of women and it’s effects on people who watch it
- Obvious
key points in the reading