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COM316 Exam 1 Questions With Correct
Answers 100% Verified.
Both men and women suffer from postpartum depression
T or F - Answer✔True
The term "queer" refers exclusively to those who challenge heteronormativity, such as gays and
lesbians.
T or F - Answer✔False
Gender constancy and gender schemas are concepts associated with which theory?
Queer performative
Psychodynamic
Cognitive development
Social learning - Answer✔Cognitive development
Male/Female, Masculine/Feminine, Man/Woman are examples of sex/gender __________.
antitheses
binaries
alternatives
dialectics - Answer✔binaries
Which theory challenges the meaning of labels like "man," "woman," "gay," and "straight"?
Gender schema theory
Queer theory
Symbolic interactionism
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Standpoint theory - Answer✔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 - Answer✔Standpoint
Gender constancy and gender schemas are concepts associated with which theory?
Queer performative
Psychodynamic
Cognitive development
Social learning - Answer✔Cognitive development
Biological differences between the sexes explain most of their differences in gendered behavior.
T or F - Answer✔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) - Answer✔Symbolic interactionism
Which theories examine the relative privilege and power of various groups?
Critical
Cultural
Biological
Interpersonal - Answer✔Critical
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Research revealing greater variation within each sex than between the two traditional categories
challenges the sex/gender binary.
T or F - Answer✔True
The case of David Reimer illustrates that gender is primarily a social construction.
T or F - Answer✔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 - Answer✔Social learning
1Which theory claims men and women follow different reproductive strategies to ensure that
their genetic lines will continue?
Standpoint theory
Symbolic interactionism
Sociobiology
Social learning theory (not) - Answer✔?
3. Which set of general principles describe, explain, and predict relationships among
phenomena?
Theories
Interactionism
Hypotheses
Anomalies (wrong) - Answer✔Theories
According to performativity theory, gender performances are always collaborative.
T or F - Answer✔True
Cognitive development theory differs from social learning theory because the former emphasizes
the active role children play in modeling feminine or masculine behavior.
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COM316 Exam 1 Questions With Correct
Answers 100% Verified.
Both men and women suffer from postpartum depression
T or F - Answer✔True
The term "queer" refers exclusively to those who challenge heteronormativity, such as gays and
lesbians.
T or F - Answer✔False
Gender constancy and gender schemas are concepts associated with which theory?
Queer performative
Psychodynamic
Cognitive development
Social learning - Answer✔Cognitive development
Male/Female, Masculine/Feminine, Man/Woman are examples of sex/gender __________.
antitheses
binaries
alternatives
dialectics - Answer✔binaries
Which theory challenges the meaning of labels like "man," "woman," "gay," and "straight"?
Gender schema theory
Queer theory
Symbolic interactionism
1|Page
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Standpoint theory - Answer✔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 - Answer✔Standpoint
Gender constancy and gender schemas are concepts associated with which theory?
Queer performative
Psychodynamic
Cognitive development
Social learning - Answer✔Cognitive development
Biological differences between the sexes explain most of their differences in gendered behavior.
T or F - Answer✔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) - Answer✔Symbolic interactionism
Which theories examine the relative privilege and power of various groups?
Critical
Cultural
Biological
Interpersonal - Answer✔Critical
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Research revealing greater variation within each sex than between the two traditional categories
challenges the sex/gender binary.
T or F - Answer✔True
The case of David Reimer illustrates that gender is primarily a social construction.
T or F - Answer✔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 - Answer✔Social learning
1Which theory claims men and women follow different reproductive strategies to ensure that
their genetic lines will continue?
Standpoint theory
Symbolic interactionism
Sociobiology
Social learning theory (not) - Answer✔?
3. Which set of general principles describe, explain, and predict relationships among
phenomena?
Theories
Interactionism
Hypotheses
Anomalies (wrong) - Answer✔Theories
According to performativity theory, gender performances are always collaborative.
T or F - Answer✔True
Cognitive development theory differs from social learning theory because the former emphasizes
the active role children play in modeling feminine or masculine behavior.
3|Page
