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Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families Cover Image
Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families, 5/e
Mary K. DeGenova
Philip F. Rice
Gender: Identity and Roles

Multiple Choice

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1

Which theory is discussed in the chapter in relation to implications of social influences on boys and girls in developing gender identity and gender roles?
A)social learning theory
B)cognitive development
C)gender schema
D)social structure/cultural theories
2

Which of the following is NOT true regarding androgyny?
A)Androgynous people are not gender-typed with respect to roles.
B)They match their behavior to the situation rather than being limited by what is culturally defined as male or female.
C)Androgyny expands the range of acceptable behavior.
D)Androgyny is the condition of being biologically male and female in one.
3

Among the gender norms that women are expected to follow, the _________ mandate is primary.
A)marriage
B)lover's
C)motherhood
D)nurturer
4

What was found by anthropologist Margaret Mead in her study of three primitive tribes?
A)The gender attitudes and roles prescribed by the three tribes were similar to those in the American culture.
B)The gender attitudes and roles prescribed by the three tribes were opposite to those in the American culture.
C)The gender attitudes and roles prescribed by the three tribes differed from one another.
D)There were no differences between males and females in gender attitudes and roles prescribed by the three tribes.
5

Sex is determined by _________ factors; gender identities and gender roles are influenced by _________ factors.
A)biological; environmental
B)environmental; biological
C)both biological and environmental; environmental
D)environmental; both biological and environmental
6

Which of the following is the best single predictor of sharing housework?
A)the wife's employment situation
B)the husband's ideology
C)the husband's employment situation
D)the husband's and wife's educational background
7

Studies of the division of housework in dual-earner families indicate that:
A)men share nearly half of the household chores with their working wives.
B)women perform about two to three times more housework than their husbands or cohabiting partners.
C)women perform about 75 percent of the household chores.
D)women perform about 90-95 percent of the household chores.
8

Which is not required under Title IX for school athletic departments?
A)substantial proportionality in athletic opportunities for females and males
B)continual expansion of programs for the under-represented gender
C)equal funding for females and males in athletics
D)meeting the interests of the under-represented gender








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