Feminist Psychology & Theory PDF

​ Prominent theorists and psychologists discussed in the text and lecture ​ Essentialism ​ Feminism -1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th wave - goals & characteristics, influence on psychology, including feminist psychology, feminist epistemology ​ Feminist perspectives ​ Constructionism ​ Sources of bias in psyc...

​ Prominent theorists and psychologists discussed in the text and lecture ​ Essentialism ​ Feminism -1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th wave - goals & characteristics, influence on psychology, including feminist psychology, feminist epistemology ​ Feminist perspectives ​ Constructionism ​ Sources of bias in psychological research and scientific approaches to reducing bias ​ Guidelines for critical thinking ​ Social identities and intersectionality ​ Origins of and influences on expressions of social identity ​ Role of context in gender behavior ​ Code switching ​ Privilege - what does it mean? Who has it? How does it manifest? What is NOT privilege? ​ Dominant and subordinate groups ​ Invisibility ​ Marked/unmarked language ​ Patterns of oppression ​ Backlash ​ Responses to recognizing privilege ​ Gender norms ​ How do stereotypes develop? Why? Who benefits? ​ Sexism (structural vs individual actions; different manifestations of sexism) ​ Cognitive roots of stereotypes ​ Historical roots of modern gender stereotypes ​ Legitimizing myths ​ Intersectional stereotypes and how these affect behavior and experience ​ New stereotypes presented in current western culture, particularly via media sources ​ Cultivation theory ​ Specific ways that advertising and media influence female and male gender roles, expectations of others, and perceptions of "normal" behavior (be sure to identify examples of this in the reading) ​ Define hegemony and describe how it is maintained/challenged by research, stereotypes, media, and the roles that we (as "real people") play.