COM316 Exam 1 Questions and Answers
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Both men and women suffer from postpartum depression
T or F - ✔✔True
The term "queer" refers exclusively to those who challenge heteronormativity,
such as gays and lesbians.
T or F - ✔✔False
Gender constancy and gender schemas are concepts associated with which
theory?
Queer performative
Psychodynamic
Cognitive development
Social learning - ✔✔Cognitive development
Male/Female, Masculine/Feminine, Man/Woman are examples of sex/gender
__________.
antitheses
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,binaries
alternatives
dialectics - ✔✔binaries
Which theory challenges the meaning of labels like "man," "woman," "gay," and
"straight"?
Gender schema theory
Queer theory
Symbolic interactionism
Standpoint theory - ✔✔Queer theory
You have decided to write a research paper that reflects upon the power
relations that inform your social location as a gay Asian man. Which theory will
likely be most helpful with your analysis?
Biological
Gender schema
Psychodynamic
Standpoint - ✔✔Standpoint
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,Gender constancy and gender schemas are concepts associated with which
theory?
Queer performative
Psychodynamic
Cognitive development
Social learning - ✔✔Cognitive development
Biological differences between the sexes explain most of their differences in
gendered behavior.
T or F - ✔✔False
Which cultural approach to the study of gender focuses on the importance of
communication and gender roles?
Gender schema
Queer performativity
Symbolic interactionism
Social learning (not this one) - ✔✔Symbolic interactionism
Which theories examine the relative privilege and power of various groups?
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, Critical
Cultural
Biological
Interpersonal - ✔✔Critical
Research revealing greater variation within each sex than between the two
traditional categories challenges the sex/gender binary.
T or F - ✔✔True
The case of David Reimer illustrates that gender is primarily a social
construction.
T or F - ✔✔False
You have decided to write a research paper that analyzes how identity becomes
gendered in early childhood through interpersonal communication, specifically
through rewards for imitation of appropriate behavior. Which theory will likely
be most helpful with this subject?
Standpoint
Cognitive development
Psychodynamic
Social learning - ✔✔Social learning
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Both men and women suffer from postpartum depression
T or F - ✔✔True
The term "queer" refers exclusively to those who challenge heteronormativity,
such as gays and lesbians.
T or F - ✔✔False
Gender constancy and gender schemas are concepts associated with which
theory?
Queer performative
Psychodynamic
Cognitive development
Social learning - ✔✔Cognitive development
Male/Female, Masculine/Feminine, Man/Woman are examples of sex/gender
__________.
antitheses
1|Page
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,binaries
alternatives
dialectics - ✔✔binaries
Which theory challenges the meaning of labels like "man," "woman," "gay," and
"straight"?
Gender schema theory
Queer theory
Symbolic interactionism
Standpoint theory - ✔✔Queer theory
You have decided to write a research paper that reflects upon the power
relations that inform your social location as a gay Asian man. Which theory will
likely be most helpful with your analysis?
Biological
Gender schema
Psychodynamic
Standpoint - ✔✔Standpoint
2|Page
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,Gender constancy and gender schemas are concepts associated with which
theory?
Queer performative
Psychodynamic
Cognitive development
Social learning - ✔✔Cognitive development
Biological differences between the sexes explain most of their differences in
gendered behavior.
T or F - ✔✔False
Which cultural approach to the study of gender focuses on the importance of
communication and gender roles?
Gender schema
Queer performativity
Symbolic interactionism
Social learning (not this one) - ✔✔Symbolic interactionism
Which theories examine the relative privilege and power of various groups?
3|Page
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, Critical
Cultural
Biological
Interpersonal - ✔✔Critical
Research revealing greater variation within each sex than between the two
traditional categories challenges the sex/gender binary.
T or F - ✔✔True
The case of David Reimer illustrates that gender is primarily a social
construction.
T or F - ✔✔False
You have decided to write a research paper that analyzes how identity becomes
gendered in early childhood through interpersonal communication, specifically
through rewards for imitation of appropriate behavior. Which theory will likely
be most helpful with this subject?
Standpoint
Cognitive development
Psychodynamic
Social learning - ✔✔Social learning
4|Page
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