WK 3 - Soc Roles Flashcards
Which new adult role is accompanied by a decrease in marital happiness and satisfaction?
a) engagement
b) marriage
c) becoming parents
d) becoming an empty nester
c) becoming parents
In comparison to women with children, childless women are _______.
a) less work committed
b) more work committed
c) happier in old age
d) less happy in old age
b) more work committed
Gender stereotypes…
a) in most countries involve instrumental qualities for females
b) have not been studied in other cultures because they do not assign roles based on one’s biological sex
c) are inconsistent across cultures
d) are consistent across cultures
d) are consistent across cultures
- a) in most countries involve instrumental qualities for MALES - e.g. competitive, adventurous, phys strength
- FEMALES = communal quals e.g. affiliation, expressiveness, nurturing
Which of the following conclusions is the most accurate statement of current data on gender roles at midlife?
a) Expansion of gender roles has been found only among European–Americans
b) There is reasonably strong evidence that men become more feminine, but no clear evidence that women become more masculine after midlife
c) There is clear evidence that women become more masculine, but little indication that men become more feminine after midlife
d) There is evidence for an expansion of gender role boundaries at midlife
d) There is evidence for an expansion of gender role boundaries at midlife
Kirsten is a 40-year-old, married, childless woman. What reasonable guess might you make about other facets of Kirsten’s life?
a) she has been a full-time housewife since her marriage
b) she has struggled with depression for most of the past 20 years
c) she has had a strong commitment to a career
d) she is the oldest child in her family
c) she has had a strong commitment to a career
Charlotte is experiencing job stress and burn out. She most likely ______.
a) has an internal locus of control
b) feels a need to validate her self-worth by achieving on the job
c) is extremely dedicated and absorbed in her work
d) embraces changes going on in the work place to try to reinvigorate herself
b) feels a need to validate her self-worth by achieving on the job
One nontraditional exit from the labor force is to retire and take a bridge job. Of the following selections, choose the one who is considered to be working a bridge job.
a) Martha, a retired journalist, volunteers at a local hospital
b) Duane, a salesman who went back to college at night after his company downsized and takes care of his two children after school.
c) Jorge, a retired county sheriff, took a part-time security guard position at a local Walmart
d) Bertha, retired from Harley Davidson, so she could spend more time gardening
c) Jorge, a retired county sheriff, took a part-time security guard position at a local Walmart
Social roles are:
a) patterns of change in adulthood
b) expected behaviours and attitudes relative to ones position in society
c) what men and women typically do in a given culture
d) toilet paper that talks
b) expected behaviours and attitudes relative to ones position in society
- a) patterns of change in adulthood = social clock
Learning Schema Theory can be described as:
a) kids are taught to view everything through gender-polarised lenses
b) expected behaviours and attitudes in regard to ones position in society
c) gender roles are the result of young kids observing division of labour at home, learning what society expects and then follow them
d) instrumental qualities
a) kids are taught to view everything through gender-polarised lenses
- these cause artificial/exaggerated distinctions between masc and fem
- b) expected behaviours and attitudes in regard to ones position in society = social roles
c) gender roles are the result of young kids observing division of labour at home, learning what society expects and then follow them = social role theory
d) instrumental qualities = male stereotype
In regard to becoming a spouse/partner, which of the following is not true?
a) divorce rates are higher now than in the past
b) the relationship is egalitarian more so at the start of a relationship than at any other time until late adulthood
c) Married and cohabiting couples are more likely to be healthy than single people
d) Current statistics of cohabitation vs. marriage are universal across cultures
d) Current statistics of cohabitation vs. marriage are universal across cultures - they differ between cultures due to different values
- a) divorce rates are higher now than in the past - true, but much lower rate for couple married within the past 30yrs
b) the relationship is egalitarian more so at the start of a relationship than at any other time until late adulthood
c) Married and cohabiting couples are more likely to be healthy than single people
The marital resource effect can be defined as:
a) one’s health affects marital status
b) being married gives people more financial and social advantages
c) married people are healthier because they haven’t endured the crisis of being widowed/divorced
b) being married gives people more financial and social advantages
- a) one’s health affects marital status = marital selection effect
c) married people are healthier because they haven’t endured the crisis of being widowed/divorced = marital crisis effect
One theory posits that couples work together to trade goods and services; women bear children and men take on the responsibility of bread winner. This theory is called:
a) Parental Investment Theory
b) Economic exchange theory
c) parental imperative
d) care giving theory
b) Economic exchange theory
- c) parental imperative = slight change in gender roles toward traditional stereotypes in early relationship, which is perpetuated by the birth of the first child
In old age, men are more likely to be living with a spouse because:
a) wives of that generation often outlive their older husbands
b) they get more lonely
c) wives of that generation often outlive their younger husbands
d) they lose their hearing and therefore don’t have to put up with nagging
a) wives of that generation often outlive their older husbands
Unmarried women tend to have higher education and income than unmarried men, making it hard for them to match up.
T/F
T
Care receivers (e.g. the elderly) who are childless have:
a) less assistance from social networks
b) have stronger social networks
c) have weaker social networks
d) have reduced in rate since the 70’s
b) have stronger social networks
