Multiple Choice Quiz

Read each statement carefully and then select the best answer.

1		Berdaches
			A)	were common in China and Japan.
			B)	could not marry members of their same sex.
			C)	illustrate that gender identification is a complex phenomenon of both biology and culture.
			D)	prove that male and female are two biologically and socially distinct categories.
2		The socialization approach to gender suggests that children learn their gender roles through
			A)	parental role modeling of gendered behaviors.
			B)	rewards for gender appropriate behavior; punishments for inappropriate behavior.
			C)	observation of books, TV, videos, and other media.
			D)	all of the above.
3		Which is true of feminist research methods?
			A)	Feminist research methods support the tradition of "objective" social research.
			B)	Feminist research believes that scholars should conduct research with a goal of social action.
			C)	Feminist research methods impose the researcher's point of view on the subjects.
			D)	Feminist research methods ignore the voice of the subjects themselves.
4		An individual born with ambiguous sex organs is called
			A)	an intersexual.
			B)	a homosexual.
			C)	an example of reflexivity.
			D)	an evolutionary throwback.
5		Children's peer groups tend to
			A)	reflect the influence of socialization but not biological predisposition.
			B)	act independently of society's gender expectations.
			C)	reward children who cross the boundaries of gender.
			D)	reinforce appropriate gender role behaviors.
6		The psychoanalytic approach to gender differences
			A)	is based on the theory of development described by Karl Marx.
			B)	believes that unconscious mental processes are the focus of gender development.
			C)	is supported by sociologists for its reliance on clinical case studies.
			D)	is the same as the socialization model of gender development.
7		A social order based on the domination of men over women is called
			A)	a patrilocal system.
			B)	capitalism.
			C)	patriarchy.
			D)	the family wage system.
8		Capitalists profit from the economic inequality of men and women by
			A)	hiring women at lower wages.
			B)	depending on the unpaid work of housewives to support the male breadwinners.
			C)	creating divisions among the men and women in the workplace to prevent them from organizing.
			D)	all of the above.
9		An employer chooses to promote a man over an equally qualified woman because he knows that women as a group have more child care responsibilities. The employer is engaging in
			A)	statistical discrimination.
			B)	socialism.
			C)	comparable worth discrimination.
			D)	"promise-keeping."
10		Husbands who are high achievers at work but who claim incompetence at household chores would illustrate which approach to the study of gender differences?
			A)	the sex-gender system
			B)	a biosocial approach
			C)	psychoanalytic approach
			D)	symbolic interactionist approach