SOCY 301-Exam Two Questions and
Answers Graded A+
biological models - Correct answer-assume innate biological differences lead to
behavior differences
biological determinism - Correct answer-Anthropological research arose in
response to...
biological determinism - Correct answer-argues that biological models projected
Western values onto other cultures
Biology building blocks - Correct answer-assembled within cultures, societies,
families
Margaret Mead - Correct answer-examined gender roles in three different cultures
in New Guinea
Margaret Mead - Correct answer-identified gender as a cultural construct
Margaret Mead - Correct answer-Arapesh and Mundugamor cultures were
remarkably similar to each other and the Tchambuli culture was different
©COPYRIGHT 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
,Arapesh culture - Correct answer--no gender differences
-all members passive, gentle, emotionally warm; shared child rearing; "utopian"
Mundugamor - Correct answer--no gender differences
-both sexes equally aggressive/violent; women not nurturing; jealous
Tchambuli - Correct answer--gender differences
-males were nurturing, gossipy, would adorn to attract; the other "providers"
United States - Correct answer--gender differences
-females passive, submissive and emotional; males authoritative, strong
functionally necessary - Correct answer-Functionalists argue:
-sex-based division of labor was _______________________
division of labor - Correct answer-part of a culture, not physical constitutions
Engels and Marx; capitalism - Correct answer-Private property and the materialism
of domination
warfare, bonding, inequality - Correct answer-Harris; males competing for females,
development of patriarchal religion
division of labor around child care - Correct answer-Key determinant of women's
status
©COPYRIGHT 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
, women's status - Correct answer-Relationships between children and parents can
be seen as keys to ________________
higher the status of women - Correct answer-Coltrane: the closer the father and
son, the _________________ likely to be
less men belittle women - Correct answer-The more mothers and fathers share
child rearing, the ____________________
spatial segregation - Correct answer-_____________________ between men and
women associated with gender inequality
Sanday (determinant of women's status) - Correct answer-1) Male dominance is
lower when men and women work together, with little sexual division of labor
Sanday (determinant of women's status) - Correct answer-2) Male dominance is
pronounced when men control political and ideological resources
Sanday (determinant of women's status) - Correct answer-3) Capitalization and
urbanization lower women's status
Sanday (determinant of women's status) - Correct answer-4) Environmental
stresses tend to exaggerate male domination
Rape - Correct answer-expresses ultimate humiliation to conquered group's
property
©COPYRIGHT 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3
Answers Graded A+
biological models - Correct answer-assume innate biological differences lead to
behavior differences
biological determinism - Correct answer-Anthropological research arose in
response to...
biological determinism - Correct answer-argues that biological models projected
Western values onto other cultures
Biology building blocks - Correct answer-assembled within cultures, societies,
families
Margaret Mead - Correct answer-examined gender roles in three different cultures
in New Guinea
Margaret Mead - Correct answer-identified gender as a cultural construct
Margaret Mead - Correct answer-Arapesh and Mundugamor cultures were
remarkably similar to each other and the Tchambuli culture was different
©COPYRIGHT 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
,Arapesh culture - Correct answer--no gender differences
-all members passive, gentle, emotionally warm; shared child rearing; "utopian"
Mundugamor - Correct answer--no gender differences
-both sexes equally aggressive/violent; women not nurturing; jealous
Tchambuli - Correct answer--gender differences
-males were nurturing, gossipy, would adorn to attract; the other "providers"
United States - Correct answer--gender differences
-females passive, submissive and emotional; males authoritative, strong
functionally necessary - Correct answer-Functionalists argue:
-sex-based division of labor was _______________________
division of labor - Correct answer-part of a culture, not physical constitutions
Engels and Marx; capitalism - Correct answer-Private property and the materialism
of domination
warfare, bonding, inequality - Correct answer-Harris; males competing for females,
development of patriarchal religion
division of labor around child care - Correct answer-Key determinant of women's
status
©COPYRIGHT 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
, women's status - Correct answer-Relationships between children and parents can
be seen as keys to ________________
higher the status of women - Correct answer-Coltrane: the closer the father and
son, the _________________ likely to be
less men belittle women - Correct answer-The more mothers and fathers share
child rearing, the ____________________
spatial segregation - Correct answer-_____________________ between men and
women associated with gender inequality
Sanday (determinant of women's status) - Correct answer-1) Male dominance is
lower when men and women work together, with little sexual division of labor
Sanday (determinant of women's status) - Correct answer-2) Male dominance is
pronounced when men control political and ideological resources
Sanday (determinant of women's status) - Correct answer-3) Capitalization and
urbanization lower women's status
Sanday (determinant of women's status) - Correct answer-4) Environmental
stresses tend to exaggerate male domination
Rape - Correct answer-expresses ultimate humiliation to conquered group's
property
©COPYRIGHT 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3
