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Human Sexuality: Diversity in Contemporary America, 4/e

Brian Strong, University of California, Santa Cruz
Barbara Werner Sayad, California State University, Monterey Bay
Christine DeVault, Cabrillo College
William Yarber, Indiana University

Gender and Gender Roles

Multiple Choice Quiz

Choose the best answer


1	For most people, biological sex, gender identity, and gender role:
		A)	disagree.
		B)	vary.
		C)	agree.
		D)	are unrelated.


2	When Sid looks at himself naked in the mirror, he feels alienated from the body he sees. He dislikes his genitals and wishes he had breasts and no penis. Sid may have confusion about his
		A)	gender identity.
		B)	sex.
		C)	sexual orientation.
		D)	genetic sex.


3	Gender, gender identity, and gender role are conceptually _________________________ sexual orientation.
		A)	dependent on
		B)	independent of
		C)	co-existent with
		D)	related to


4	When Terry was born, someone evaluated his __________________ and said, "It's a boy!" thereby announcing his _____________________.
		A)	genetic sex; anatomical sex
		B)	gender identity; gender role
		C)	anatomical sex; genetic sex
		D)	anatomical sex; assigned gender


5	A woman wears perfume, a soft hair style, and make-up. These feminine characteristics are determined by:
		A)	biology.
		B)	hormones.
		C)	culture.
		D)	chromosomes.


6	Peers provide information about gender-role norms through:
		A)	play activities and toys.
		B)	verbal approval or disapproval.
		C)	their attitudes about various behaviors and beliefs.
		D)	all of the above


7	A cognitive development theorist and a cognitive social learning theorist will agree on many things. They will DISAGREE about:
		A)	the influence of culture on gender roles.
		B)	adults and children learning in the same way.
		C)	the role of parents in gender-role socialization.
		D)	the role of modeling of behavior.


8	Processing information by gender is important in many cultures because:
		A)	multiple associations between gender and non-sex-linked qualities can be made.
		B)	they are a basis for norms, status, taboos, and privileges.
		C)	there is no importance to processing information in this manner.
		D)	a and b are both true


9	Expressions such as "men should not have certain feelings" or "performance is the thing that counts" are, according to Bernie Zilbergeld, examples of:
		A)	sex-role ideals.
		B)	male sexual scripts.
		C)	gender-role behaviors.
		D)	gender identity.


10	Which of the following have been associated with the female sexual script?
		A)	Sex is something women do for men.
		B)	Men are more knowledgeable about what arouses women.
		C)	A woman's sexual needs and pleasure are secondary to those of her partner.
		D)	all of the above


11	Exaggerating differences or categorizing people's behavior or personality differences as masculine or feminine is otherwise referred to as:
		A)	contemporary gender roles.
		B)	traditional gender roles.
		C)	gender schema.
		D)	gender scripts.


12	Doug is decisive, nurturing, aggressive, and compassionate. Given these characteristics, Doug might be referred to as:
		A)	androgynous
		B)	bisexual
		C)	transgendered
		D)	transvestite


13	Males or females processing ambiguous genitals are called:
		A)	hermaphrodites.
		B)	transsexuals.
		C)	transgenderists.
		D)	transvestites.


14	A chromosomal error affecting females who are born lacking an X chromosome is called:
		A)	Klinefelter's syndrome.
		B)	Turner's syndrome.
		C)	transsexualism.
		D)	pseudohermaphroditism.


15	Which of the following best defines the term "transsexual"?
		A)	A person who is sexually aroused by wearing the clothing typical of the other sex
		B)	A person who deeply feels incongruent with his or her sex and seeks surgery to achieve congruence
		C)	A person who exaggerates the gender-typed behavior of the other sex
		D)	A person who responds erotically to individuals of the same sex

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