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Gender Communications Quiz, Summaries of Communication

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How much do you know about how men and women communicate? If you think a statement is an accurate description of communication patterns, mark it true. If you ...

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Gender Communications Quiz
How much do you know about how men and women communicate? If you think a statement is an
accurate description of communication patterns, mark it true. If you think it isn't, mark it false.
1. Men talk more than women.
2. Men are more likely to interrupt women than to interrupt other men.
3. During conversations, women spend more time looking at their partner than men do.
4. Nonverbal messages carry more weight than verbal messages.
5. Female managers communicate with more emotional openness and drama than male managers.
6. Men not only control the content of conversations, they also work harder in keeping conversations
going.
7. When people hear generic words, such as "mankind" and "he," they respond inclusively,
indicating that the terms apply to both sexes.
8. In classroom communications, male students receive more reprimands and criticism.
9. Women are more likely than men to disclose information about intimate personal concerns.
10. Female speakers are more animated in their style than are males.
11. Women use less personal space than men.
12. When a male speaks, he is listened to more carefully than a female speaker, even when she
makes the identical presentation.
13. In general, women speak in a more tentative style than do men.
14. Women are more likely to answer questions that are not addressed to them.
15. There is widespread gender segregation in schools, and it hinders effective classroom
communication.
16. Female managers are seen by both male and female subordinates as better communicators than
male managers.
17. In classroom communications, teachers are more likely to give verbal praise to female than to
male students.
18. In general, men smile more often than women.
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Gender Communications Quiz

How much do you know about how men and women communicate? If you think a statement is an accurate description of communication patterns, mark it true. If you think it isn't, mark it false.

  1. Men talk more than women.
  2. Men are more likely to interrupt women than to interrupt other men.
  3. During conversations, women spend more time looking at their partner than men do.
  4. Nonverbal messages carry more weight than verbal messages.
  5. Female managers communicate with more emotional openness and drama than male managers.
  6. Men not only control the content of conversations, they also work harder in keeping conversations going.
  7. When people hear generic words, such as "mankind" and "he," they respond inclusively, indicating that the terms apply to both sexes.
  8. In classroom communications, male students receive more reprimands and criticism.
  9. Women are more likely than men to disclose information about intimate personal concerns.
  10. Female speakers are more animated in their style than are males.
  11. Women use less personal space than men.
  12. When a male speaks, he is listened to more carefully than a female speaker, even when she makes the identical presentation.
  13. In general, women speak in a more tentative style than do men.
  14. Women are more likely to answer questions that are not addressed to them.
  15. There is widespread gender segregation in schools, and it hinders effective classroom communication.
  16. Female managers are seen by both male and female subordinates as better communicators than male managers.
  17. In classroom communications, teachers are more likely to give verbal praise to female than to male students.
  18. In general, men smile more often than women.

Explanations of the Answers

  1. True. Despite the stereotype, the research is consistent and clear. In classrooms, in offices, in group discussions, in two-person conversations, men talk more than their fair share of the time. For example, in one experiment male and female subjects were asked to verbally describe pictures and engravings. The women's average description was approximately three minutes. For a man, the average time was 13 minutes.
  2. True. When women talk with other women, interruptions are evenly distributed. When men talk with other men, interruptions are evenly distributed. However, when men and women talk with one another, almost all interruptions are by male speakers.

Sociologists Candace West and Donald Zimmerman analyzed conversations in university settings, both on and off campus. They found that males interrupt females much more often than they interrupt other males and more often than females interrupt either males or females. These sociologists think that interrupting is a way of exercising power. They say, "Here we are dealing with a class of speakers, females, whose right to speak appears to be casually infringed upon by males."

  1. True. Many studies-with subjects ranging from infants to the elderly-have shown that women are more likely than men to look at their partner. One reason may be that men talk more and women listen more. Research shows that a listener of either sex looks more at a speaker than the speaker looks at the listener. Another possible reason why women look more frequently at a partner may be their need for and expertise in decoding nonverbal cues. In a direct staring confrontation, however, women will be more likely to avert their eyes, especially when stared at by men. Frequently, a woman will tilt her head back rather than look directly at a man. Researchers call this a presenting gesture that reflects friendliness and submission.
  2. True. Nonverbal messages carry over four times the weight of verbal messages. Other research shows that in most two-person conversations, nonverbal messages convey more than 65 percent of the meaning. Women seem to communicate more effectively on this nonverbal channel. They are better than men at decoding nonverbal cues. They are also more likely to reflect their feelings through facial expressions.
  3. False. Research conducted at a Midwest hospital and in the clerical departments and production lines of manufacturing firms show that both female and male managers score higher than the general population in communicating friendliness and approval to subordinates. Further, women managers are no more emotionally open or dramatic than their male counterparts. Both sexes appear to feel that managers should not demonstrate these characteristics. However, there were some communication differences. Male managers were more dominant in style and more likely to direct the content and flow of the conversation.
  4. False. While men do exert power and authority in controlling the course of conversations, women exert more effort in maintaining communication. Sociologist Pamela Fishman placed tape recorders in homes of couples who described themselves as free of traditional sex role stereotypes. Fishman recorded over 50 hours of conversations that occurred naturally. Over 96 percent of the topics men introduced were developed into conversations.

Only 36 percent of the topics women introduced were similarly developed. Women asked more questions and were more willing to develop a topic introduced by men. In contrast, men "killed" conversational topics that women introduced by giving a minimal response, such as "um," and failing to ask questions or make more extended comments about the topic. In studies of mock jury deliberations, it has been found that women are more likely to make understanding and supportive comments.

that tentative speech patterns do not characterize the speech of women so much as they characterize the speech of those who lack power. For example, one group of researchers analyzed communication in a police station. They found that both male and female clients who came to the station were more likely to use "women's language" than were either male or female police personnel. There are consequences to using "women's language." Both men and women who speak in a tentative, nonassertive style are less likely to be believed by a jury. In fact, only recently has the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) allowed women to read the news over the air because they were perceived to lack credibility or authority.,

  1. False. Men manage to capture more than their fair share of talk time. Sometimes women actually help men gain this advantage because they are more likely to ask questions while men are more likely to give answers. However, men often take this advantage for themselves by interrupting women and by answering questions that are not addressed to them.
  2. True. When people hear the work "segregation," they usually think about racial discrimination. Gender segregation may occur in more subtle ways, but it is widespread. Teachers, or students themselves, frequently form separate boy and girl lines, seating arrangements, work groups, play areas, and even science lab work teams. Even college classrooms display gender segregation in student seating arrangements. Children cross racial lines more often than gender lines in classroom communication. Some researchers have found that students are often unwilling to work together on science projects. However, teachers can encourage boys and girls to play and work together simply by praising children engaged in cross-gender interaction. An important implication of the research is that when girls and boys work and play together, they are less likely to hold stereotyped attitudes.
  3. True. Despite the stereotypes, when employees work for a female supervisor, they vote their approval. Female managers are seen as giving more attention to subordinates, as more open to new ideas, and as more supportive of worker effort than male managers. Both female and male subordinates report that morale and job satisfaction are higher when supervised by women. Others report that women are more dependable, show greater concern, and pay better attention to detail. Research on female managers in the business world is related to research in elementary schools. Studies on elementary schools with female principals show that these schools are warmer, more democratic, and are characterized by higher student achievement and higher pupil and parental satisfaction.
  4. False. Although girls get better grades than boys, they receive less verbal praise from teachers. When girls do get praise from teachers, it is likely to be for neatness and appearance. ("That's an attractive paper." "You have very neat handwriting.") In contrast, when boys get praise, it is more likely to be for the intellectual quality of their ideas. Not only do teachers praise boys more, but they also criticize them more, ask them more questions, and give them more attention in general.
  5. False. Women are far more likely to smile than men. They do this in many different social situations, even though they are not necessarily happy or amused. In one field study, researchers smiled at approximately 150 males and 150 females in public. In general, women returned the smiles more often than men. Women returned the smiles to men 93 percent of the time and to other women 86 percent of the time. Males smiled back at women 67 percent of the time, and they returned smiles to men 58 percent of the time.

From Myra Sadker and Joyce Kaser, The Communications Gender Gap , Mid-Atlantic Center for Sex Equity, 5010 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 308, Washington, D.C. 20016, 1984.