32. Gender Roles and Identities

Question 1

social constructs of the roles and characteristics which culture define male and female

Answer 1

gender

Question 2

the average women hits 1. _______ 2 years 2. _______, lives 3. __ years longer, have 4. ___ more fat, 5. ___ less muscle, and are 6. ___ shorter than the average

Answer 2

1. puberty
2. earlier
3. 5
4. 70%
5. 40%
6. 5

Question 3

women 1. ____ emotions more freely, 2. _____ fainter odors, and 3. ____ more help

Answer 3

1. express
2. smell
3. offer

Question 4

women are 1. ____ likely to have 2. _______ and 3. _______, and 4. ___ more likely for an eating disorder risk

Answer 4

1. doubly
2. depression
3. anxiety
4. 10x

Question 5

males are 4x more likely for . . . (due to gender) (6)

Answer 5

1. alcoholism
2. suicide
3. autism
4. color-blindness
5. ADHD
6. antisocial adult behavior

Question 6

men tend to place more importance on 1. ______ and 2. _____ and tend to strive to be socially 3. ________ (roles in society)

Answer 6

1. power
2. achievement
3. dominant

Question 7

leadership;
men often 1. ______ ____
women more 2. ______

Answer 7

1. directive leaders

2. democratic

Question 8

aggression;

• men are more 1. ________ aggressive
• women are more 2. _______ aggression

Answer 8

1. physically

2. relational

Question 9

rumor spreading, ostractism

Answer 9

relational aggression

Question 10

females are more socially concerned w/ making connections, men w/ independence

Answer 10

social connectedness

Question 11

women tend to 1. ____-____-____, using 2. _____ to explore 3. _______ whereas men use it to find 4. ______ more often

Answer 11

1. face-to-face
2. conversation
3. relationships
4. solutions

Question 12

females are more 1. ______ about 2. _____ than 3. _____ or 4. ______ interests

Answer 12

1. concerned
2. people
3. things
4. personal

Question 13

a set of expected behaviors for men and women

Answer 13

gender roles

Question 14

gender roles 1. ______ by parents, but 2. ______ after age 50

Answer 14

1. increased

2. loosened

Question 15

men more 1. _______, and women are more 2. ________ over time

Answer 15

1. empathetic

2. assertive

Question 16

person’s sense of being male or female believed to be learned through social learning theory

Answer 16

gender identity

Question 17

learning social behavior by observing and imitating and being rewarded or punished

Answer 17

social learning theory

Question 18

some are compelled to communicate a different gender identity through behavior or appearance

Answer 18

gender expression