Chapter 1- Gender, Communication and Culture
What is essentializing?
What is the difference between sex and gender?
Define: hermaphrodite, intersexed, androgynous, gender identity, transgender, transsexual, transvestite,
and sexual orientation.
How does gender identity develop? How does culture influence gender identity?
What is the difference between the content level of meaning and the relationship level of meaning in
communication?
Chapter 2 – Theoretical Approaches to Gender Development
What is a theory?
Define each of the following: Biological Theory, psychodynamic theories, social learning theory,
cognitive development theory, gender constancy, gender schema theory, gender schema, symbolic
interactionism, standpoint theory, queer performativity theory, queer theory, heteronormativity,
performative theory. Know the differences and examples of each type of theory.
Chapter 5 Verbal Differences
What is male generic language, how does it exclude women?
How does language define men and women differently?
Define: stereotype, polarized thinking, speech community, gender-linked language effect.
Explain the differences between boys and girls play.
Explain the differences between male and female gendered communication practices.
Chapter 6 Nonverbal Communication
What are the three primary functions of nonverbal communication?
What are the three types of relationship levels of meaning that nonverbal communication conveys?
Explain how men and women use each type of nonverbal communication differently and define each:
Artifacts, Proximity and Personal Space, Haptics, Kinesics, Paralanguage, Physical Appearance
How do we interpret nonverbal communication? What are some important things to keep in mind about
culture and nonverbal communication? How do we respect gendered styles of nonverbal communication?