Gender and Communication (SpCm 323)
Review Sheet for Midterm Fall 2007
Midterm CHANGED to Thursday, October 4, 2007
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The midterm will consist of multiple choice questions 15 worth 2
points each [30 pts. Total], 5 IDs (you’ll get to choose from 10)
worth 8 points each [40 pts total] and one short essay worth 30
points (you will get to choose one from three essays).
The exam will cover the material in the text Chapters 1-6, as well
as class discussion, films viewed in class and handouts.
Study with a buddy! Go over terms together, reflect on class
discussions, share notes. Come see me during office hours if you
need help (or set up an appointment). Please bring a blue book
to the exam (they can be purchased at the bookstore).
Terms to Know for Multiple Choice and IDS
Million Man March
gender constancy
standpoint theory
traitorous identity
biological theory
Gorilla Girls
male generic language
Betty Friedan
NOW
intersexed and normalizing
surgery.
polarized thinking
Third Wave Feminism
Million Woman March
Psychodynamic theory
White Ribbon Campaign
symbolic interactionism
Social learning
Multiracial Feminism
speech community
Lesbian feminism
NOMAS
radical feminism
cult of domesticity
androgyny
transgendered/transexed
content meaning
relational meaning
Womanism
cognitive development theory
communication
(dynamic/sytemic)
anthropological theory
Father’s Rights Groups
Revalorist Feminism
Sojourner Truth
Promise Keepers
haptics
proxemics
Backlash
Kinesics
paralanguage
artifacts
What to Think About for Essays and Multiple Choice
Recognize different types of theories about gender (biological, psychosocial
and cultural theories). Understand the difference between liberal and cultural
feminism. Know basic information about the first wave of the women’s
movements and be familiar with such names as Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and Frederick Douglas and their participation in First Wave feminism
and the women’s rights movement. Know the date of when women gained the
right to vote in the U.S. Think about the commonalities and differences between
different feminist movements, particularly in terms of racial and cultural
differences, as well as the historical origins of different “waves” of the Feminist
movement (i.e. the First Wave came out of the abolition movement of the 19th
century), and the importance of men to the movement.
In terms of men’s movements, understand the difference between proFeminist men’s movements in comparison to pro-masculinist men’s movement
and the different visions of masculinity they promote. Be able to explain what
goals Promise Keepers and the Million Man’s March(es) hoped to achieve for
individual participants and note their similarities and dissimilarities.
Understand and be able to explain how language defines men and women
differently and also reinforces certain meanings and erases others, particularly
those meanings created in and through women’s experiences (i.e. such as
childbirth and mothering). Also, understand how different gendered speech
communities shape how language is used and shapes different styles of
communication (such as rapport talk vs. report talk / community vs. conflict)
For nonverbal chapter, understand how communicating power and control
is one aspect of nonverbal communication as well as communicating symmetry
and understanding (how is this done? Think about kinesics and haptics for
instance) Think about not only the use of body to convey meanings, but also the
use of artifacts such as clothing, office arrangement, space and time.