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Social Cognition and Gender

Social Cognition and Gender Quiz

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the tendency to perceive and interpret information in a way that confirms existing beliefs and expectations?

  1. Confirmation bias
  2. Hindsight bias
  3. Illusory correlation
  4. Self-serving bias
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of a gender stereotype?

  1. Women are more emotional than men.
  2. Men are more aggressive than women.
  3. Women are better at multitasking than men.
  4. Men are better at math than women.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the tendency to attribute success to internal factors and failure to external factors?

  1. Self-serving bias
  2. Fundamental attribution error
  3. Illusory correlation
  4. Confirmation bias
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of a gender role?

  1. Women are expected to be nurturing and caring.
  2. Men are expected to be strong and independent.
  3. Women are expected to be good at cooking and cleaning.
  4. Men are expected to be good at sports and mechanics.
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the tendency to perceive differences between groups as being larger than they actually are?

  1. Illusory correlation
  2. Confirmation bias
  3. Fundamental attribution error
  4. Outgroup homogeneity bias
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of a gender-based microaggression?

  1. Making a joke about a woman's appearance.
  2. Assuming that a man is the leader of a group.
  3. Interrupting a woman when she is speaking.
  4. Asking a woman if she is pregnant when she is not.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the tendency to perceive and interpret information in a way that is consistent with one's own cultural values and beliefs?

  1. Ethnocentrism
  2. Confirmation bias
  3. Illusory correlation
  4. Self-serving bias
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of a gender-based stereotype?

  1. Women are better at multitasking than men.
  2. Men are better at math than women.
  3. Women are more emotional than men.
  4. Men are more aggressive than women.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the tendency to attribute success to internal factors and failure to external factors?

  1. Self-serving bias
  2. Fundamental attribution error
  3. Illusory correlation
  4. Confirmation bias
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of a gender-based microaggression?

  1. Asking a woman if she is pregnant when she is not.
  2. Interrupting a woman when she is speaking.
  3. Making a joke about a woman's appearance.
  4. Assuming that a man is the leader of a group.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the tendency to perceive differences between groups as being larger than they actually are?

  1. Illusory correlation
  2. Confirmation bias
  3. Fundamental attribution error
  4. Outgroup homogeneity bias
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of a gender role?

  1. Women are expected to be good at cooking and cleaning.
  2. Men are expected to be good at sports and mechanics.
  3. Women are expected to be nurturing and caring.
  4. Men are expected to be strong and independent.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the tendency to attribute success to internal factors and failure to external factors?

  1. Self-serving bias
  2. Fundamental attribution error
  3. Illusory correlation
  4. Confirmation bias
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of a gender-based stereotype?

  1. Men are better at math than women.
  2. Women are better at multitasking than men.
  3. Women are more emotional than men.
  4. Men are more aggressive than women.
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the tendency to perceive and interpret information in a way that confirms existing beliefs and expectations?

  1. Confirmation bias
  2. Hindsight bias
  3. Illusory correlation
  4. Self-serving bias
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