Ch.4 Exam Prep The Intersection Of Gender And Ethnicity - Final Test Bank | Psychology of Women and Gender 10e by Else Quest by Nicole M. Else Quest. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 4: The Intersection of Gender and Ethnicity
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. ______ are disproportionately the target of hate violence.
A. Gay men of color
B. Trans people of color
C. Lesbian women
D. Women of color
Learning Objective: Identify the recurring themes and ethnic group labels at the intersection of gender and ethnicity.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Factors such as feeling pride in one’s identity, recognizing oppression, and developing strong relationships within one’s family and community promote ______.
A. intersectionality
B. ethnic group labels
C. resilience
D. ethnocentrism
Learning Objective: Identify the recurring themes and ethnic group labels at the intersection of gender and ethnicity.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Recurring Themes
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. The word "Hispanic" refers to ______.
A. all people of Spanish origin, whether from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, or elsewhere
B. people born in Mexico who immigrate to the United States
C. people born in Spain, whether they immigrate to the United States or stay in Spain
D. people born in Mexico who have at least some Indian heritage
Learning Objective: Identify the recurring themes and ethnic group labels at the intersection of gender and ethnicity.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Ethnic Group Labels
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. The word “Latino” ______.
A. refers to female Latin Americans
B. refers to all Latinos and to male Latin Americans
C. is not preferred by Hispanics
D. refers to Latin Americans outside the United States
Learning Objective: Identify the recurring themes and ethnic group labels at the intersection of gender and ethnicity.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Ethnic Group Labels
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. People who live in the United States who are from the Indian subcontinent are usually considered ______.
A. Indians
B. Hispanic
C. American Indian
D. Asian Americans
Learning Objective: Identify the recurring themes and ethnic group labels at the intersection of gender and ethnicity.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Ethnic Group Labels
Difficulty Level: Hard
6. According to the 2019 U.S. Census Bureau, about ______ of Americans identify as being from two or more racial groups.
A. 0.05%
B. 1%
C. 3%
D. 11%
Learning Objective: Identify the recurring themes and ethnic group labels at the intersection of gender and ethnicity.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Ethnic Group Labels
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. The term for a group of people who share a common culture and language is ______.
A. race
B. nationality
C. ethnic group
D. subculture
Learning Objective: Explain the ethnic/cultural critique of psychological research and the guidelines for research with people of color.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: An Ethnic/Cultural Critique of Psychological Research
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. White researchers have generally described African American families as deficient. This is an example of ______.
A. out-group favoritism
B. Eurocentrism
C. overgeneralization
D. misinterpretation
Learning Objective: Explain the ethnic/cultural critique of psychological research and the guidelines for research with people of color.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: An Ethnic/Cultural Critique of Psychological Research
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. One of the problems with the concept of race is the assumption that racial groups are ______.
A. distinct and exclusive
B. narrow and inclusive
C. mixed and diverse
D. never “pure”
Learning Objective: Explain the ethnic/cultural critique of psychological research and the guidelines for research with people of color.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: An Ethnic/Cultural Critique of Psychological Research
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. In the case of a woman in the United States with very dark skin, 50% of her ancestors may be of African heritage and 50% of European heritage. The existence of people like her renders race as a biological concept ______.
A. useful
B. useless
C. complicated
D. applicable
Learning Objective: Explain the ethnic/cultural critique of psychological research and the guidelines for research with people of color.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: An Ethnic/Cultural Critique of Psychological Research
Difficulty Level: Hard
11. The concept of “homosexuality” differs considerably across cultures. Because of this, it may be difficult for a researcher to gain ______ if they are studying this construct with a sample of people from various cultures and ethnic groups.
A. conceptual difference
B. reliable data
C. conceptual equivalence
D. translational equivalence
Learning Objective: Explain the ethnic/cultural critique of psychological research and the guidelines for research with people of color.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Guidelines for Research With People of Color
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. A scale originally written in English but then translated into Spanish needs to have the same meaning in both languages. This is an example of ______.
A. conceptual equivalence
B. the language barrier
C. translational difference
D. translational equivalence
Learning Objective: Explain the ethnic/cultural critique of psychological research and the guidelines for research with people of color.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Guidelines for Research With People of Color
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. Which of the following is one of the guidelines for research with people of color?
A. being aware of subcultural variations
B. having a racial bias
C. examining in-group status
D. using ethnocentrism
Learning Objective: Explain the ethnic/cultural critique of psychological research and the guidelines for research with people of color.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Guidelines for Research With People of Color
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. An example of racism directed at Asian Americans is ______.
A. discrimination in college and university admissions
B. the prominence of the geisha image in U.S. advertising
C. the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II
D. the high poverty rates of Asian Americans
Learning Objective: Summarize the cultural heritage, gender roles, and ethnicity of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Cultural Heritages of People of Color in the United States
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. According to a study of Khmer refugee women, ______.
A. many had experienced war-related trauma such as rape and torture
B. the women were traumatized as a result of being moved from their peaceful life in Cambodia to a totally new culture in the United States
C. they adjusted much better in the United States if they had learned English while still in Cambodia
D. they share much in common with other Asian American women in the United States
Learning Objective: Summarize the cultural heritage, gender roles, and ethnicity of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Subcultural Variations
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. One study of Khmer refugee women living in California found that mothers’ PTSD symptoms were linked to their children’s experiences of anxiety and depression. This evidence suggests that ______.
A. these families had almost no resilience factors to combat the trauma
B. trauma can be transmitted intergenerationally and may take generations to overcome
C. trauma is inevitably passed down to children, who then struggle the rest of their lives
D. trauma impacted the children more than the parents
Learning Objective: Summarize the cultural heritage, gender roles, and ethnicity of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Subcultural Variations
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. ______ is defined as a sense of obligation to and connectedness with both one’s immediate and extended family.
A. Famestizo
B. Collectivism
C. Familismo
D. Family loyalty
Learning Objective: Summarize the cultural heritage, gender roles, and ethnicity of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Cultural Heritage of Latinx Persons
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. American Indian persons have endured cumulative psychological wounding over generations resulting from massive group suffering and distress. This is an example of ______.
A. subcultural variations
B. familial disturbance
C. cultural shock
D. historical trauma
Learning Objective: Summarize the cultural heritage, gender roles, and ethnicity of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Cultural Heritage of American Indian Persons
Difficulty Level: Easy
19. Cultural differences from one tribe to another among American Indians could be viewed as ______.
A. subcultural variations
B. sources of internal conflict
C. in opposition to the unity Indian women need to press for social change
D. intracultural diversity
Learning Objective: Summarize the cultural heritage, gender roles, and ethnicity of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Cultural Heritage of American Indian Persons
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. The invasion of American Indian tribes by Europeans, and the period of slavery for African Americans, both leading to negative psychological consequences in later generations, are both examples of ______.
A. historical trauma
B. racialized PTSD
C. stereotype threat
D. ethnoimmune failure
Learning Objective: Summarize the cultural heritage, gender roles, and ethnicity of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Cultural Heritage of American Indian Persons
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. Some people who identify as Black in the United States today are descendants of slaves, whereas others are voluntary immigrants from the Caribbean or Africa. This is an example of ______.
A. conceptual equivalence
B. acculturation
C. subcultural variations
D. ethnocentrism
Learning Objective: Summarize the cultural heritage, gender roles, and ethnicity of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Cultural Heritage of African American Persons
Difficulty Level: Easy
22. What characteristic of African women’s roles has shaped African American women’s roles?
A. a strong bond between women and men
B. being an important economic contributor to the family
C. a strong tradition of patriarchy, with devaluation of the female role
D. emphasis on the individual over the collective
Learning Objective: Summarize the cultural heritage, gender roles, and ethnicity of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Cultural Heritage of African American Persons
Difficulty Level: Medium
23. The early work of anthropologists, who were mostly White men, misrepresented women’s roles in American Indian culture. Their work demonstrates ______.
A. the misunderstanding of subcultural variations among American Indian tribes
B. how overgeneralization errors easily occur in research
C. how gender bias and race bias can easily affect research
D. the impact of microaggressions in social science research
Learning Objective: Summarize the cultural heritage, gender roles, and ethnicity of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Gender Roles Among American Indian Persons
Difficulty Level: Medium
24. Which of these is a potential source of conflict for Asian American women?
A. the decision over whether to pursue more or less education
B. the values of grandmothers and the values of husbands
C. the conflict between the Anglo value placed on achievement and the Asian value placed on being humble
D. the conflict between the Anglo emphasis on independence and the Asian value placed on collectivism
Learning Objective: Summarize the cultural heritage, gender roles, and ethnicity of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender Roles Among Asian American Persons
Difficulty Level: Medium
25. In general, which of these ethnic groups has the most traditionally defined gender roles?
A. African Americans
B. American Indians
C. Latinx
D. Whites
Learning Objective: Summarize the cultural heritage, gender roles, and ethnicity of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender Roles Among Latinx Persons
Difficulty Level: Hard
26. A study by Alpak et al. (2015) with Syrian refugees found that women’s rates of PTSD were ______ times higher than men’s.
A. four
B. three
C. two
D. five
Learning Objective: Describe the immigration, education, and mental health issues of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Immigration
Difficulty Level: Medium
27. The culture of Mexican Americans is different from both the culture of Mexico and the dominant European American culture of the United States. This is the result of ______.
A. machismo
B. acculturation
C. ethnocentrism
D. Mujerismo
Learning Objective: Describe the immigration, education, and mental health issues of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Immigration
Difficulty Level: Medium
28. Gisele emigrated from Mexico to the United States 2 years ago. She is feeling pressure to both maintain values from her native culture and adopt behaviors and norms of her new host culture. Gisele is likely experiencing ______.
A. acculturative stress
B. ethnocentrism
C. historical trauma
D. bicultural conflict
Learning Objective: Describe the immigration, education, and mental health issues of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Immigration
Difficulty Level: Medium
29. Anton, a Black man, has a sudden, unexpected, and emotionally painful encounter being racially profiled by two police officers. After this experience, he becomes hypervigilant of his surroundings and behaviors when around police officers and attempts to avoid them at all costs. He is now feeling angry and depressed. Anton is likely experiencing ______.
A. post-traumatic stress disorder
B. the racial bias effect
C. race-based traumatic stress
D. discrimination-based traumatic stress
Learning Objective: Describe the immigration, education, and mental health issues of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Mental Health Issues
Difficulty Level: Hard
30. One noteworthy difference between womanism and White feminism is ______.
A. womanism’s focus on race and ethnicity rather than gender
B. womanism’s emphasis on spirituality
C. White feminism’s focus on intersectionality
D. White feminism’s emphasis on economic advancement
Learning Objective: Evaluate the concept of feminisms of color.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Feminisms of Color
Difficulty Level: Hard
31. Mujerismo developed among Latinas because ______.
A. there was not enough emphasis on gender and spirituality in White feminism
B. White feminism did not emphasize the economic needs of women in poverty, only focusing on wealthy women’s issues
C. they felt marginalized by White feminism
D. White feminism focused too much on women’s power over men, rather than equality between genders
Learning Objective: Evaluate the concept of feminisms of color.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Feminisms of Color
Difficulty Level: Medium
True/False
1. Over half of the U.S. Census respondents who identified as American Indian said they preferred American Indian or Alaskan Native to Native American.
Learning Objective: Identify the recurring themes and ethnic group labels at the intersection of gender and ethnicity.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Ethnic Group Labels
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. The ethnic group label “Asian Americans” does not usually include Pacific Islanders.
Learning Objective: Identify the recurring themes and ethnic group labels at the intersection of gender and ethnicity.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Ethnic Group Labels
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Terms like ethnicity and culture, which emphasize shared traits, are generally preferable to race.
Learning Objective: Explain the ethnic/cultural critique of psychological research and the guidelines for research with people of color.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: An Ethnic/Cultural Critique of Psychological Research
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Members of each ethnic group took a survey and rated children of their own group more positively. This is an example of out-group favoritism.
Learning Objective: Explain the ethnic/cultural critique of psychological research and the guidelines for research with people of color.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: An Ethnic/Cultural Critique of Psychological Research
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. When racial/ethnic differences are found in research, it is often unclear whether such differences are due to race or social class (or both).
Learning Objective: Explain the ethnic/cultural critique of psychological research and the guidelines for research with people of color.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Guidelines for Research With People of Color
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. The stereotyped dichotomy of American Indian women as either princess or squaw can be compared to the saint/slut dichotomy of Victorian White women.
Learning Objective: Summarize the cultural heritage, gender roles, and ethnicity of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Gender Roles Among American Indian Persons
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. The respect for older women and their wisdom is found among both African Americans and American Indians.
Learning Objective: Summarize the cultural heritage, gender roles, and ethnicity of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender Roles Among African American Persons | Gender Roles Among American Indian Persons
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. White men have the highest rate of college graduation in the United States.
Learning Objective: Summarize the cultural heritage, gender roles, and ethnicity of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Table 4.1 School Completion Rates for Women and Men Across Ethnic Groups
Difficulty Level: Hard
9. Across ethnic groups, the college graduation rates for women and men are similar.
Learning Objective: Describe the immigration, education, and mental health issues of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Education
Difficulty Level: Hard
10. Unlike in the past, American Indian women are now seeking mental health services due to the intense stressors they face.
Learning Objective: Describe the immigration, education, and mental health issues of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Mental Health Issues
Difficulty Level: Medium
Short Answer
1. Explain why the word “Latino” is an example of male as the norm in language.
Learning Objective: Identify the recurring themes and ethnic group labels at the intersection of gender and ethnicity.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Ethnic Group Labels
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. The terms White and Caucasian are sometimes used interchangeably to refer to light-skinned people. Explain why these terms are problematic according to your text.
Learning Objective: Identify the recurring themes and ethnic group labels at the intersection of gender and ethnicity.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Ethnic Group Labels
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Compare and contrast the terms race and ethnic group.
Learning Objective: Explain the ethnic/cultural critique of psychological research and the guidelines for research with people of color.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: An Ethnic/Cultural Critique of Psychological Research
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. European Americans have been the norm in psychological research. What can you infer about how this may impact psychological research? What are the consequences of this type of methodology?
Learning Objective: Explain the ethnic/cultural critique of psychological research and the guidelines for research with people of color.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: An Ethnic/Cultural Critique of Psychological Research
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Differentiate between “conceptual equivalence” and “translational equivalence.” Explain why these are important concepts to apply to psychological research.
Learning Objective: Explain the ethnic/cultural critique of psychological research and the guidelines for research with people of color.
Cognitive Domain: Application | Analysis
Answer Location: Guidelines for Research With People of Color
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Race/ethnicity and social class are often confounded. Explain why this creates a critical methodological issue in social science research.
Learning Objective: Summarize the cultural heritage, gender roles, and ethnicity of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Gender Roles Among African American Persons
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. Explain how stereotype threat poses a serious barrier to educational attainment for women of color, specifically on math performance.
Learning Objective: Describe the immigration, education, and mental health issues of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Education
Difficulty Level: Medium
Essay
1. The intersectional perspective suggests women of diverse ethnic groups will be similar in some ways and different in others. Using the intersectional perspective, explain how women’s experience of their gender depends, in part, on their ethnicity.
Learning Objective: Identify the recurring themes and ethnic group labels at the intersection of gender and ethnicity.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Recurring Themes
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. Explain why some ethnic group labels change over time and provide an example of this using at least one ethnic group. What might be some potential pros and cons of evolving ethnic group labels?
Learning Objective: Identify the recurring themes and ethnic group labels at the intersection of gender and ethnicity.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Application | Analysis
Answer Location: Ethnic Group Labels
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. Discuss the process of acculturation. What effects would you expect it to have on women of color who are immigrants?
Learning Objective: Describe the immigration, education, and mental health issues of people of color in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge | Application
Answer Location: Immigration
Difficulty Level: Medium
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