Practice Questions

Question 1

The principle that states: “If people define situations as real, they are real in their consequences” is known as the:

Answer 1

Thomas principle or theorem

Question 2

Reading cues, such as physical cues, in order to decide someone’s gender is known as?

Answer 2

Gender Attribution

Question 3

The social meaning that is assigned to biological differences between males and females is known as:

Answer 3

Gender

Question 4

The biological differences between people we call males and females are known as:

Answer 4

Sex

Question 5

Which of the following are the two key sources of evidence that are commonly used to support the social constructionist perspective?

Answer 5

Historical and cross cultural comparisons

Question 6

A set of statements and propositions that seek to explain or predict a particular aspect of social life is called a:

Answer 6

Theory

Question 7

Our tendency to look for information that confirms our pre-existing beliefs while ignoring information that contracts those beliefs is known as:

Answer 7

Confirmation Bias

Question 8

The National Organization for Women (NOW) focused on passing gender discrimination legislation during the ______ wave of feminism.

Answer 8

2nd

Question 9

A set of expectations that are attached to a particular status or position in society is known as:

Answer 9

Social Role

Question 10

A set of expectations that are attached to a particular sex category are known as:

Answer 10

Sex Role

Question 11

In contrast to sociology, psychology focuses on how ______.

Answer 11

individual processes affect behavior

Question 12

Broadly, sex difference research has found evidence of which of the following?

Answer 12

small difference in aptitude between sexes

Question 13

Queer theory traces its beginnings to the intersections between the gay/lesbian rights movement, feminism and ______.

Answer 13

postmodernism/poststructuralism

Question 14

Which of the following was a central focus of the gay rights movement?

Answer 14

Removing the categorization of homosexuality as a mental illness from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).

Question 15

Which of the following is a concern of gender scholars who are interested in challenging perspectives of gender arising from the global North?

Answer 15

Power imbalances exist between the global North and the global South.

Question 16

The process through which individuals learn the gender norms of their society and come to develop an internal gender identity is known as ______.

Answer 16

Gender Socialization

Question 17

When an individual develops an internalized understanding of how they personally relate to expectations around femininity or masculinity, they are developing

Answer 17

Gender Identity

Question 18

How do intersex children inform our understanding of gender socialization?

Answer 18

Intersex children challenge prevailing understandings of sex categorization.

Question 19

Which of the following terms refers to the people, groups, and institutions that impact the socialization of individuals?

Answer 19

Agents

Question 20

Our dominant ideas about what it means to be a man and the influence of these ideas over the behaviors of men is known as which of the following?

Answer 20

hegemonic masculinity

Question 21

Which wave of feminism is characterized by the growing strength of women of color, many of whom questioned the essentialist and universal assumptions often made about women

Answer 21

Third

Question 22

Kinseys theory of sexuality is best characterized by?

Answer 22

A continumm

Define continumm: more fluid

Question 23

Research on the variations in math and science of test scores on boys and girls is and example of which kind of research?

Answer 23

Sex difference research

Question 24

The movement that fought for giving women the right to vote is known as the ____?

Answer 24

Suffrage Movement

Affiliated with first wave feminism

Question 25

Which of the following terms refers to the people, groups, and institutions that impact the socialization of individuals?

Answer 25

Agents

Question 26

By the age of 5 children develop the knowledge that society sees their gender as permanent and unchanging. What term describes this phase?

Answer 26

Gender Stability

Question 27

What is one of the defining qualities of the fourth wave feminist movement ?

Answer 27

Online activism

Question 28

Piaget’s analysis of children’s active role in their own socialization is best categorized under which of the following theories?

Answer 28

Cognitive Development Theory

Question 29

The theory that analyzes how the interaction of race, gender, social class, sexuality and other identities affects out lives is referred to as

Answer 29

Intersectionality

Question 30

______ is a broad label that categorized who seek to expose, subvert, and in some cases change culturally defined gender categories.

Answer 30

Gender outlaws

Transgender

Question 31

People born with an xx chromosomes but masculinization of genitalia have _____?

Answer 31

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)

Question 32

The Ancient Greek understanding of sex is an example of how ____ can be important in sexuality?

Answer 32

Social Status

Question 33

____ is the term used to describe people who have a wide variety of physical traits that lead to ambiguous sex categorization.

Answer 33

Intersex

Anglo European expectations