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Gender Identity and Gender Roles
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1

One's gender identity is always the same as their biological sex.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
2

Our gender role is acquired through the process of gender-role socialization
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
3

Gender identity and sexual orientation are terms that can be used interchangeably.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
4

By age five or six children develop gender constancy.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
5

The terms gender and gender roles can be used interchangeably.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
6

Gender identity develops early by the age three or four as girls and boys correctly label themselves as girls or boys.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
7

In our culture it has been traditionally assumed that women are more emotional, nurturing, and dependent than men.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
8

Traditional research literature has shown that females have significantly better verbal and language abilities than males, but the "gap" has been eradicated.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
9

In our culture men have traditionally been expected to be competitive, assertive, and independent.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
10

There have been great strides in the mass media to eliminate male/female stereotypes over the past twenty years. The media no longer treats women as sex objects.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
11

Transgenderism is another term for homosexuality.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
12

Sex reassingment surgery involves only two steps; counseling and surgery.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE




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