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AGEISM
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bias against people based on their age- directed toward elderly people
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what's the double standard of aging?
what does the evidence say? |
people judge older women more harshly than they do older men
- evidence supports in judgments about pleasantness but not competence |
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evidence shows that menopause does/does not cause psychological symptoms
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does not
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how do majority of women feel after children leave the home?
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most are relatively happy
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what's the paradox of well being?
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elderly women are just as likely to say satisfied wioth their lives as younger women are despite changes/problems
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Sandwich generation?
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women taking care of parents and children
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elderly black women are more likely to
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live with extended family and be active in community organizations
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how many women in US will be raped in lifetime?
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15-25%
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what are risk factors for abuse?
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unemployment,, social class
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Women are more susceptible to depression if
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have young children in the home, low income, unhappy marriage, and low self esteem
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do biological factors play a role in the difference between male/females rates of depression?
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no; could be dif. in seeking therapy, therapists bias, violence, poverty, housework, etc.
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what groups of women are less likely to use mental health services?
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women of color, lower income
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Which approach in treating psych d/o's emphasizes the mother as the blame as male as normative?
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freudian-psychodynamic approach
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Which approach in treating psych d/o's focuses on changing thought process and behaviors?
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Cognitive behavioral
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What is is called when treating d/o's with medication?
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pharmacoptherapy
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who lives longer? Who reports more medical problems?
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women/women
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who smokes more? abuses alcohol? abuse prescription drugs?
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same/ men/ women
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wehat percentage of women will have breast cancer by age of 80?
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12%
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what factors influence employment status? what factors don't influence being employed?
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education and immigrant status/ parental status and ethnicity
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when do women experience access discrimination?
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-employer has strong stereotypes
- position is prestiguous - applying to a masculine job - qualifications are ambiguous |
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how do gender stereoypes encourage access discrimination?
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-employers have negative of women
- believe women lack appropriate masculine characteristics - may pay attention to char. that are irrelevant for positions females are seeking |
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if factors such as occupation and work experience are taken into account, does the wage gap still remain?
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yes
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Comparable Worth
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notion that women and men should receive the same pay for occupations that require similiar training and skills
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what are examples of "treatment discrimination" that women experience?
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lower evaluations and sex harassment
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do men feel entitled to higher salaries?
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yes
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women employed in traditional male jobs have what difference from men?
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lower self confidence
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women are most likely to be exploited in what two jobs?
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garment industry and domestic work
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stick floor refers to
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women being employed in low level, dead end jobs with no chance of promotion
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reverse discrimination is
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when hire a women over a more qualified man
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glass escalator
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male working in female norm job that gets on fast track to management
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what is the psychological and health differences between employed an unemployed women?
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none!
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what is benefit of day care for children?
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may develop more flexible beliefs about gender
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in north america, men do what percentage of household tasks?
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30-40%
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do employed women outside the home have a satisfaction with their marriage?
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nope
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who is more likely to live in poverty as age? for how much longer?
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women: 6-7 years
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why won't women get as much money in social security?
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worked far fewer hours in llifetime
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men vs women:
in prime: old: best looking: middle age: |
35/38
65/70 25/30 42/45 |
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females are prone to what disease later in life? who is less susceptible (what did they do?) more suscceptible?
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osteoporsis; take extra calcium during pregnancy// white females with small builds
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what percentage of women are employed at least part time during prime employment years?
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70 %
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how much of femlae workforce are single/widowed in need of work?
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45%
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when testers were given a report and had m/f name on it... which was ranked higher?
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male name
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Female is view more favorably in a female dominated workforce while men are viewed favorable in any kind of work place is an example of what?
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gender as a stimulus
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after a year in the workforce, female graduates make what % of male grad?
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80%
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a female college grad makes as much as who?
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a high school male grad
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womens's work is seen as lower when?
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earlier in their career and when judged by critics
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on average, women live how much longer than men?
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5 years
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in regards to helath care, women receive what more?
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more mild tranquilizers and seen as overdramatic/delusional
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who is more likely to die from a heart attack? why?
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women; b/c experience different symptoms and less preventitive tests
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how many people die from heart disease each year?
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1/2 million- more than the next 7 causes combined
- 2X more than cancer |
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what is the 2nd leading cause of death? more specific?
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cancer- lung cancer
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how many women get breat cancer? effects what social group more
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1 in 8; upper middle class
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what % of lumps are not cancerous?
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80%
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what type of cancer is more lethal due to small preventitive measures?
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ovarian cancer
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What is associated with an increase in rates of breast cancer?
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early menarche or late menopause, and no pregnancy before age 30
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pap smears only look for what?
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cervical cancer
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lung cancer can come from what household good?
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Radon
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women experience depression _ times mroe than men?
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2-3x
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who is more likely to complete suicide?
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men/ 4x times more
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who is more likley to attempt suicide? what decreases chance of attempting?
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women/ having a child
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Who has more simple phobias (snakes) and agoraphona (anxiety of being in public place)?
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women
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who more likely to have ADHD?
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men (4x)
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Who has more intermittent explosive disorder and paraphillias?
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men
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who has more occurences of mental retardation?
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men
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Multiple personality disorders/disassociative d/o's?
what occurs before age 5? |
women/ traumatic episode before age 5
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women tend to have which personality disorders?
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dependent, hisrionic, borderline
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what type of personality disorders do men typically have?
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paranoid, obsessive, and anit-social
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nonsexist therapy is
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therapy being aware of different issues and how they affect women more than men (body image)//avoid gender bias test
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feminist therapy is
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being consciencous to not prescribe 'gender role" solutions//look more at external factors
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three types of rapists:
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1. power rapists- compensating for feelings of inadequacy
2. Anger rapists- angry at women in general 3. sadistic rapists- get satisfaction from inflicting pain **power |
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how many assualts are actually reported?
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1 in 10
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two types of sexual harassment
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quid pro quo: "favors"
hostile work environment: "racy comments" |
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who is more accepting of sexual harassment?
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men
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what are the risk factors for partner abuse?
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pregnancy (fetus), family size (large), short relationship, maritial stauts (divorce/seperation)
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three types of rapists:
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sadistic
anger power -power |
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how many assaults are actually reported?
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1 in 10
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what are three stages of walker's cycle of violence?
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honeymoon period, tension building, acute battering episode
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second leading cause of death in women? leading type?
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cancer, lung
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what personality d/s more common in men?
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anti-social, paranoid, obsessive
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