Psy 310 Exam 2 Study Guide
Chapter 5
Gender Differences in Language Use
Children’s speech
Can you tell who’s speaking?
Electronic speech
Body Language: Nonverbal
Interpersonal distance
Smiling
Eye contact
How Women are Treated in Language
Male as normative
Parallel words
Euphmisms
Infantilizing
Importance of language
Practical Suggestions
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Gender Stereotypes About Emotions
Emotionality
Specific emotions
Importance of emotion stereotypes
Politics of emotion
Gender and emotional experience and expression
Measuring emotion
Gender Differences in Emotional Experience and Expression
Context and Gender Differences in Emotion
Reading Others’ Emotions
The Socialization of Gendered Emotions
Socialization in the Family
Socialization by Peers
Gender and Emotion Socialization in Adults’ Interactions
Putting it all Together
Conclusions
Possible short answer questions
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1. Latoya, who is African American, is employed at Ardent Technologies. Her supervisor, Brad,
is White. Discuss the research on gender, ethnicity, and emotion stereotypes, and what
implications this research might have for Latoya on the job, in areas such as her interactions with
Brad and Brad’s evaluations of her performance.
2. Compare and contrast observational, physiological, and self-report measures of emotion.
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3. Men interrupt women considerably more than the reverse. What are two interpretations of this
finding?
4. Feminists have objected to a number of features of the English language. Explain what these
features are and why feminists object to them. Then describe any empirical psychological
studies that have been done that could be used as evidence to back the feminist position.