Women’s Ways of Knowing Quiz

Women’s Ways of Knowing Quiz Presented by Tamara Genarro, Kathy Nealon, Reema Alsweel, Shannon Paschall, and Debbie Bergeron

Silence • Silence, in the WWK study, is thematically defined as the opposite of knowledge. True False

Silence • In retrospect, Goldberger determines WWK Silence to be a lack of choice about whether to speak or not to speak versus a strategic or chosen silence. True False

Receptive Knowledge • It is important to empower others; it is the act of giving rather than receiving that leads to a greater sense of their true capacity for knowing and loving. True False

Receptive Knowledge • In defining the self, receptive knowers critique their tendency to subordinate their own perceptions and judgments to those of others. True False

Subjective Knowledge • Women in the subjective knowledge stage often feel off balance due to the fact that their concept of self is constantly changing. True False

Subjective Knowledge • The predominant learning mode for subjective knowers is one of listening and watching authorities for guidance. True False

Procedural Knowledge • Procedural knowledge is less objective than subjective knowledge. True False

Procedural Knowledge • Procedural knowing relies on “just knowing”. The truth is easily accessible. True False

Constructed Knowledge • Constructed knowledge is attained through the integration of receptive and procedural knowledge with silence. True False

Constructed Knowledge • Constructed knowers integrate knowledge from external authorities with what they feel to create their own construction of self and voice. True False

General Question • Women have been portrayed as inferior to men along cognitive and social dimensions. True False

General Question • Historically, within the women’s movement, there has not been a divide along racial lines. True False

General Question • Within WWK, the voices of economically disadvantaged women and women of color are unheard, for the most part. True False

General Question • Research has demonstrated that the five perspectives of Women’s Ways of Knowing does not apply to men. True False

General Question • We had fun learning about Women’s Ways of Knowing. True False

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Women’s Ways of Knowing Quiz