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Chapter 1: Introducing Sex and Gender DX DX DX DX DX DX




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Multiple Choice DX




1. Which of the following is an example of the pushback in recent years regardin
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g sex and gender equality?
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A. Laverne Cox became the first openly transgender person to win an Emmy award.
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B. The United Nations endorsed an initiative called “Planet 50-
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50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality.”
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C. The Me Too Movement went viral on Twitter.
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D. A ban on transgender people serving openly in the military was reinsta
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ted. Ans: D DX DX


Learning Objective: 1.3: Evaluate the meaning and relevance of feminisms, gender
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movements, and systems of power, privilege, and inequality.
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Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Ans DX DX DX


wer Location: Sex and Gender Diffi
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2. Rhoda Unger (1979) argued for using “sex” to refer to the
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aspects of being female or male while “gender” should be used when discussi
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ng the DX aspects.
A. culturally constructed; biological DX DX


B. hormonal; culturally constructed DX DX


C. biological; culturally constructed DX DX


D. anatomical; hormona DX


l Ans: C
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Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain central terminology in the study of sex and gender.
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Cognitive Domain: Knowledge DX DX


Answer Location: Sex and Gender
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3. To address the ambiguity of biological and social causes of sex differences,
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Alice Eagly (2013) suggests using “sex” to refer to
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and “gender” to DX . DX


A. categories of people; the meanings given to different sex categories
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B. culturally constructed differences; biological differences
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C. biological categories; social meaning given to those categories
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D. a chosen social identity; a category given to you at
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birth Ans: A DX DX


Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain central terminology in the study of sex and gender.
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Cognitive Domain: Knowledge DX DX


Answer Location: Sex and Gender
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4. Using “sex” to refer to biological differences between men and women and “ge
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nder” to refer to the culturally constructed differences is problematic for which of th
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e following reasons?
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A. Biology has too small of an influence to warrant its own term.
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B. It overemphasizes the role of socialization and cultural forces.
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C. It is difficult to pinpoint the precise influence of biology and culture in sex differen
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ces.
D. The terms sex and gender fail to account for issues related to intersection
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ality. Ans: C DX DX


Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain central terminology in the study of sex and gender.
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Cognitive Domain: ComprehensionDX DX


Answer Location: Sex and Gender
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5. Researchers have found that testosterone . DX DX DX DX


A. is stable and generally insensitive to social events
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B. increases during competition but only for men
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C. decreases when women perform male-typed behaviors
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typed behaviors Ans: D
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Learning Objective: 1.2: Evaluate how culture, gender identity, and sexual orientation
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Xshape the experience and expression of sex and gender.
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6. Research shows that differences in physical aggression between men and wo
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A. due to hormonal differences, such as higher levels of testosterone in men
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B. primarily caused by differences in brain structure arising from the presenc
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e of androgen during fetal development
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C. caused by men being socialized to be risky and to direct negative emotion outwar
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D. most likely caused by some mixture of biological and social fac
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tors Ans: D
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Learning Objective: 1.2: Evaluate how culture, gender identity, and sexual orienta
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tion shape the experience and expression of sex and gender.
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7. Which of the following do sex binaries accomplish?
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C. allowing for the full expression of gender identity
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D. fostering complexity in social institution
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shape the experience and expression of sex and gender.
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Answer Location: The Sex and Gender Binari
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8. Around what percent of infants are born with some form of intersexuality?
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A. 2%
B. 5%
C. 10%
D. 20%
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Learning Objective: 1.2: Evaluate how culture, gender identity, and sexual orientation
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shape the experience and expression of sex and gender.
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Answer Location: The Sex and Gender Binari
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9. Intersexuality refers to instances where . DX DX DX DX


A. gender identity transcends multiple sex categories
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B. people feel sexual attraction to others regardless of their gender identity
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C. biological components of sex do not fit the typical male/female pattern
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D. there is a mismatch between anatomical and psychological gen
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Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain central terminology in the study of sex and gender.
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Answer location: The Sex and Gender Binarie
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10. Strict sex and gender binaries are
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B. oversimplified categorical structures people impose on society
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C. reflections of the simple biological facts of sex
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shape the experience and expression of sex and gender.
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Cognitive Domain: Knowledge DX DX


Answer Location: Our (Interdisciplinary) Psychological Approach Diffic
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11. For transgender individuals, there exists
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A. no sense of belonging to any category of sex
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B. a mismatch between the sex they are assigned at birth and their psycholo
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