Deck 4: Gendered Language, Communication, and Socialization

Question 1

Define and give examples of how language can trivialize or sexualize women.

Answer 1

No Answer.

Question 2

Parents are more likely to allow boys to express _________ but not__________.

A) anger; happiness
B) sadness; fear
C) anger; fear
D) happiness; sadness

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which one is not true regarding touch and personal space?

A) Men touch women more than women touch men.
B) Supervisors touch their subordinates more often than subordinates touch their supervisors.
C) Men seldom touch each other.
D) Men are less protective of their personal space.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Japanese women's language

A) puts women at a disadvantage when they are in roles of authority
B) adheres to politeness norms only inside the home
C) has become defeminized so that women today experience very little linquistic conflict
D) is more assertive than American women's language

Question 5

The dual-culture model of language asserts that the interactional styles of men and women

A) maintain male dominance and female subordination
B) are separate but equal
C) assume there is a female deficit in language
D) encourages positions of power for women over men

Question 6

The dual-culture model of language is compatible with which sociological theory?

A) functionalism
B) conflict
C) symbolic interactionism
D) social learning

Question 7

The social constructionist model of language is embedded in which sociological theory?

A) functionalism
B) conflict
C) symbolic interactionism
D) social learning

Question 8

A critique of the dominance model of language is that the model

A) overlooks the cultural context of the conversation
B) overlooks power in relationships
C) implies that women are victims of culturally determined speech patterns
D) makes it difficult to generalize explanations for gendered language to a variety of settings

Question 9

Research demonstrates

A) the use of masculine generics can bias one's thinking
B) the use of masculine generics can negatively impact girls' self-esteem
C) those who use sexist language in written form are also likely to use it in oral form
D) all of the above

Question 10

Compared to men, women are more likely to be referred to in _______.

A) neutral terms
B) sexual terms
C) reverent terms
D) all of the above

Question 11

Conversational strategies for women are likely to be geared towards _______.

A) intimacy
B) rapport
C) cementing friendships
D) all of the above

Question 12

Currently, the title Ms. is

A) ridiculed
B) used to indicate a woman is a radical feminist
C) used to cover the shame of divorce
D) a normative form of address

Question 13

Men with hyphenated names are perceived to be

A) accommodating
B) nurturing
C) committed to their marriage
D) all of the above

Question 14

Linguistic practices regularly imply that

A) women are childlike and yet sexual objects
B) men are dependent on women for survival
C) men are immature
D) men are not to be taken seriously

Question 15

When men outspeak women by margins of two to three times they are likely to

A) become embarrassed
B) perceive they did not have a fair share of the conversation
C) be satisfied with their share of the conversation
D) wish they had not disclosed so much

Question 16

Women are likely to use interruptions to indicate________.

A) boredom
B) impatience
C) interest
D) it is time to change the subject

Question 17

A conversation strategy defined as a low-affiliation one is

A) gossip
B) using tag questions
C) using commands
D) using intensifiers

Question 18

When a man wants to encourage development of a friendship with another male, he is likely to

A) engage in interruptions
B) use evasive techniques
C) use dominant strategies
D) engage in activities with the other

Question 19

Men are able to more easily decode non-verbal communication than women are.

Question 20

Men and women are equally likely to gossip about

A) celebrities
B) close friends
C) dating
D) all of the above

Question 21

Your text suggests that language

A) should reflect modern egalitarian roles
B) instills beliefs that women are lesser persons
C) functions as a primary shaper of attitudes
D) all of the above

Question 22

Compared to language used by males, female register is more likely to

A) end sentences with a tag question
B) use more intensifiers
C) be more polite and indirect
D) all of the above

Question 23

Which of these is true regarding nonverbal communication?

A) Men are better at expressing themselves nonverbally than women.
B) Women are better at decoding nonverbal language than men.
C) Nonverbal communication can be interpreted the same way across cultures
D) Women are more likely to invade the personal space of men than vice-versa.

Question 24

Regarding online communication

A) Men tend to be more authoritative than women
B) Men are more emotionally expressive than in person
C) Men are less likely to communicate than by telephone or face to face
D) None of the above

Question 25

The generic use of words such as he, him, or man is presumed to include she, her or women. Discuss research which gives evidence that contradicts this belief.

Question 26

Women talk more than men.

Question 27

Demonstrate the difference between male and female register and discuss the consequences of these differences.

Question 28

The dominance model of language is compatible with conflict theory.

Question 29

Demonstrate how both English and Japanese female register can be used to women's advantage in both the home and the workplace.

Question 30

Language

A) reflects culture
B) is shaped by culture
C) is continually modified
D) all of the above

Question 31

Non-verbal communication includes use of personal space.

Question 32

Compare and contrast the dominance and dual-culture models of gendered language. Show how each is compatible to a particular sociological theory.

Question 33

The use of generic terms is associated with

A) male imagery
B) female imagery
C) both male and female imagery
D) neither male nor female imagery

Question 34

Decades of research on American English suggest that people are male until proven female.

Question 35

"The structure and vocabulary of English have been fashioned by men and they retain the power to name and leave unnamed." This idea is consistent with which theoretical perspective?

A) social learning
B) functionalism
C) conflict
D) symbolic interactionism

Question 36

What was the response when the use of "Ms." as a woman's title was first introduced?

A) It was accepted.
B) It was ridiculed.
C) It was seen as normative.
D) It was promoted by the media.

Question 37

Which is not true concerning titles and naming conventions?

A) Women of accomplishment are often identified according to their husband's names.
B) Research reports that college students have positive attitudes of both men and women who decide to hyphenate their names upon marriage.
C) When a boy's name is used to name a girl, it is less likely to continue as a boy's name.
D) In the ordering and placement of titles and names, female usually comes before male.

Question 38

Over time, English words for women

A) acquire debased or obscene references
B) are associated with prestige
C) are replaced by a generic term that includes men
D) all of the above

Question 39

Which is an example of how language trivializes women?

A) women's place
B) lady doctor
C) little woman
D) all of the above

Question 40

Changing one's surname at marriage

A) has become a common practice for both men and women
B) has grave implications for women whose accomplishments have been recorded under their birth name
C) is not a common practice for women regardless of socioeconomic status
D) is a legal requirement for women

Question 41

A qualifier in a statement acts to

A) soften evaluative statements
B) add a definitive description
C) add an emotional overtone
D) all of the above

Question 42

Women may end sentences with a tag question. This is likely to be perceived as

A) argumentative
B) non-assertive
C) polite
D) caring about the other person's opinion

Question 43

In educational settings

A) female students talk more than male students
B) teachers listen to male students more than female students
C) female teachers listen to female students more and male teachers listen to male students more
D) female and male students talk and are listened to roughly the same amount of time

Question 44

Because men are expected to be in leadership positions, they

A) can be more relaxed and friendly with subordinates
B) are more likely to be direct and succinct in communication
C) can be less polite
D) all of the above

Question 45

In language, men are more likely than women to use

A) qualifiers
B) tag questions
C) intensifiers
D) imperatives

Question 46

Which is not true?

A) Men interrupt more than women.
B) Men talk less than women.
C) Men touch women more often than women touch men.
D) Men self-disclose less than women.

Question 47

Women talk more than men in which of these situations?

A) at the beginning of a romantic relationship
B) in groups of other women
C) in college classrooms
D) in business negotiations

Question 48

Men talk more than women in which of these situations?

A) in groups of other women
B) in long-term marriages
C) in mixed-sex groups
D) all of the above

Question 49

In nonverbal communication

A) men exhibit a greater variety of facial expressions
B) women express anger as much as men
C) women smile more than men
D) women engage in less eye-contact