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Chapter 1: Introducing Sex and Gender
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is an example of the pushback in recent years regarding sex
and gender equality?
A. Laverne Cox became the first openly transgender person to win an Emmy award.
B. The United Nations endorsed an initiative called “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for
Gender Equality.”
C. The Me Too Movement went viral on Twitter.
D. A ban on transgender people serving openly in the military was reinstated.
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.3: Evaluate the meaning and relevance of feminisms, gender
movements, and systems of power, privilege, and inequality.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sex and Gender
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Rhoda Unger (1979) argued for using “sex” to refer to the ______ aspects of being
female or male while “gender” should be used when discussing the ______ aspects.
A. culturally constructed; biological
B. hormonal; culturally constructed
C. biological; culturally constructed
D. anatomical; hormonal
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain central terminology in the study of sex and gender.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sex and Gender
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. To address the ambiguity of biological and social causes of sex differences, Alice
Eagly (2013) suggests using “sex” to refer to ______ and “gender” to ______.
A. categories of people; the meanings given to different sex categories
B. culturally constructed differences; biological differences
C. biological categories; social meaning given to those categories
D. a chosen social identity; a category given to you at birth
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain central terminology in the study of sex and gender.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sex and Gender
Difficulty Level: Easy
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4. Using “sex” to refer to biological differences between men and women and “gender” Learning Objective: 1.2: Evaluate how culture, gender identity, and sexual orientation
to refer to the culturally constructed differences is problematic for which of the following shape the experience and expression of sex and gender.
reasons? Cognitive Domain: Application
A. Biology has too small of an influence to warrant its own term. Answer Location: The Sex and Gender Binaries
B. It overemphasizes the role of socialization and cultural forces. Difficulty Level: Hard
C. It is difficult to pinpoint the precise influence of biology and culture in sex differences.
D. The terms sex and gender fail to account for issues related to intersectionality. 8. Around what percent of infants are born with some form of intersexuality?
Ans: C A. 2%
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain central terminology in the study of sex and gender. B. 5%
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension C. 10%
Answer Location: Sex and Gender D. 20%
Difficulty Level: Medium Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.2: Evaluate how culture, gender identity, and sexual orientation
5. Researchers have found that testosterone ______. shape the experience and expression of sex and gender.
A. is stable and generally insensitive to social events Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
B. increases during competition but only for men Answer Location: The Sex and Gender Binaries
C. decreases when women perform male-typed behaviors Difficulty Level: Easy
D. decreases when men perform female-typed behaviors
Ans: D 9. Intersexuality refers to instances where ______.
Learning Objective: 1.2: Evaluate how culture, gender identity, and sexual orientation A. gender identity transcends multiple sex categories
shape the experience and expression of sex and gender. B. people feel sexual attraction to others regardless of their gender identity
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge C. biological components of sex do not fit the typical male/female pattern
Answer Location: Sex and Gender D. there is a mismatch between anatomical and psychological gender
Difficulty Level: Easy Ans: C
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6. Research shows that differences in physical aggression between men and women Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
are ______. Answer location: The Sex and Gender Binaries
A. due to hormonal differences, such as higher levels of testosterone in men Difficulty Level: Easy
B. primarily caused by differences in brain structure arising from the presence of
androgen during fetal development 10. Strict sex and gender binaries are ______.
C. caused by men being socialized to be risky and to direct negative emotion outward A. observed in all cultures across the world
D. most likely caused by some mixture of biological and social factors B. oversimplified categorical structures people impose on society
Ans: D C. reflections of the simple biological facts of sex
Learning Objective: 1.2: Evaluate how culture, gender identity, and sexual orientation D. necessary to maintain social order
shape the experience and expression of sex and gender. Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Learning Objective: 1.2: Evaluate how culture, gender identity, and sexual orientation
Answer Location: Sex and Gender shape the experience and expression of sex and gender.
Difficulty Level: Medium Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Our (Interdisciplinary) Psychological Approach
7. Which of the following do sex binaries accomplish? Difficulty Level: Easy
A. communicating the variety in the biological components of sex
B. streamlining social interactions 11. For transgender individuals, there exists ______
C. allowing for the full expression of gender identity A. no sense of belonging to any category of sex
D. fostering complexity in social institutions B. a mismatch between the sex they are assigned at birth and their psychological
Ans: B gender
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C. a match between the sex they are assigned birth and gender to which they feel they B. unusual fluctuations in hormones associated with masculine and feminine behavior
belong C. changes in which gender they feel sexually attracted to
D. a sense of belonging to both categories of sex D. never having any clear gender identity at any given time
Ans: B Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain central terminology in the study of sex and gender. Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain central terminology in the study of sex and gender.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Gender Identity Answer Location: Gender Identity
Difficulty Level: Easy Difficulty Level: Medium
12. Categories such as heterosexual, gay, and lesbian refer to ______ whereas 16. Which of the following is TRUE according to Janet Spence’s multifactorial theory of
categories such as cisgender, transgender, and genderqueer refer to ______. gender identity?
A. sex; gender A. The variety of roles, traits, and attitudes that shape gender identity are
B. biological identities; cultural identities independent/uncorrelated.
C. sexual orientation; gender identities B. There are a narrow set of different ways gender attributes group together.
D. group identities; individual identities C. Most people struggle to develop a basic sense of belongingness to their biological
Ans: C sex.
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain central terminology in the study of sex and gender. D. It is common to discount gender-typical traits and emphasize gender-atypical traits.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Ans: A
Answer Location: Gender Identity Learning Objective: 1.3: Evaluate the meaning and relevance of feminisms, gender
Difficulty Level: Easy movements, and systems of power, privilege, and inequality.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
13. People who do not feel a sense of belonging to any category of sex are referred to Answer Location: Gender Identity
as ______. Difficulty Level: Medium
A. cisgender
B. transgender 17. Which of the following BEST represents an intersectional perspective?
C. agender A. studying how women are affected by sexism
D. pangender B. examining differences between women and men
Ans: C C. examining how young men are impacted by ageism
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain central terminology in the study of sex and gender. D. researching Black women’s experiences of both racism and sexism
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Ans: D
Answer Location: Gender Identity Learning Objective: 1.3: Evaluate the meaning and relevance of feminisms, gender
Difficulty Level: Easy movements, and systems of power, privilege, and inequality.
Cognitive Domain: Application
14. ______ refers to an individuals’ psychological experience of their gender. Answer Location: Intersectionality
A. Sex Difficulty Level: Hard
B. Gender identity
C. Sexual identity 18. Cole (2009) encourages psychologists to adopt a more intersectional approach
D. Gender orientation when conducting research by taking which of the following steps?
Ans: B A. ignore who they are including or excluding in their studies
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain central terminology in the study of sex and gender. B. consider the role of structural inequalities in shaping participants’ experiences
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge C. look for differences in participants’ experiences, despite their shared identities
Answer Location: Gender Identity D. isolate specific categories under study, such as only sex or race
Difficulty Level: Easy Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.3: Evaluate the meaning and relevance of feminisms, gender
15. Which of the following is most characteristic of a person who is gender fluid? movements, and systems of power, privilege, and inequality.
A. shifting among female, male, and third gender identities Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
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Answer Location: Intersectionality B. scripts
Difficulty Level: Medium C. stereotypes
D. prejudices
19. Which of the following terms refers to possessing high levels of both masculine and Ans: A
feminine traits? Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain central terminology in the study of sex and gender.
A. genderqueer Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
B. gender fluid Answer Location: Complexity and Change
C. pansexual Difficulty Level: Easy
D. androgynous
Ans: D 23. Which of the following have researchers studying gender and culture found?
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain central terminology in the study of sex and gender. A. People associate books more with men and film more with women.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge B. Across cultures, certain foods, such as red meat, are considered more masculine.
Answer Location: Masculinity and Femininity C. The number 2 is considered more masculine than number 1.
Difficulty Level: Easy D. People in the United States tend to associate red with boys.
Ans: B
20. Some social understandings of sex and gender show a great deal of cultural Learning Objective: 1.2: Evaluate how culture, gender identity, and sexual orientation
variability, such as ______. shape the experience and expression of sex and gender.
A. the tendency to view women as more warm, moral, and appearance oriented Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
B. the acceptance of patriarchal versus matriarchal societies Answer Location: Ubiquity and Invisibility
C. stereotypes of men as more physically aggressive Difficulty Level: Easy
D. the acceptability of third sex/gender options
Ans: D 24. Which group would be least likely to recognize the influence of sex and gender in
Learning Objective: 1.2: Evaluate how culture, gender identity, and sexual orientation daily life?
shape the experience and expression of sex and gender. A. cisgender men
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge B. Black women
Answer Location: Complexity and Change C. people who are genderqueer
Difficulty Level: Easy D. transgender men
Ans: A
21. Which of the following is TRUE of the history of acceptance of nonbinary categories Learning Objective: 1.2: Evaluate how culture, gender identity, and sexual orientation
of sex and gender in Western cultures? shape the experience and expression of sex and gender.
A. Nine U.S. states recognize a nonbinary gender status on driver’s licenses. Cognitive Domain: Application
B. In Western cultures, people who are born intersex are typically assigned to a third Answer Location: Ubiquity and Invisibility
gender category. Difficulty Level: Hard
C. Australia remains the only developed nation to recognize a third gender option.
D. Western cultures have historically been more open to nonbinary gender options than 25. Privilege refers to ______.
non-Western cultures. A. group status earned legitimately
Ans: A B. social efforts to increase opportunities for marginalized groups
Learning Objective: 1.2: Evaluate how culture, gender identity, and sexual orientation C. advantage that stems from favorable personality traits
shape the experience and expression of sex and gender. D. automatic, unearned advantage that accompanies certain groups
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Ans: D
Answer Location: Complexity and Change Learning Objective: 1.3: Evaluate the meaning and relevance of feminisms, gender
Difficulty Level: Easy movements, and systems of power, privilege, and inequality.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
22. Sex and gender are ______ or mental frameworks through which people process Answer Location: Ubiquity and Invisibility
their social worlds. Difficulty Level: Easy
A. schemas