PSYCHOLOGY COMPLETE MODULES 1 -24
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025 EDITION
1. Which of the following statements regarding sex and gender is FALSE?
a. Both sex and gender have a large impact on our relationships,
health and other aspects of our everyday lives.
b. One thing we never forget about a person is his or her sex.
c. Gender DIFFICULTYferences REFERENCEer to biological
characteristics, while sex DIFFICULTYferences
REFERENCEer to psychological and social factors.
d. In trANSWERsexuals, a person’sphysical,biological sex
conflicts with his or her pREFERENCEerred
psychological and social gender roles.
ANSWER: C DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCE: REFERENCE: Module 10.1
KEY: * MCS: TYPES: Concept
2. In DIFFICULTYferentiating between the terms sex and gender,
a. sex REFERENCEers to biological aspects of identity, and
gender REFERENCEers to psychological and social identity.
b. both terms gender and sex REFERENCEer to one’ssociocultural identity.
c. sex REFERENCEers to sociocultural identity, and gender
REFERENCEers to biological identity.
d. none of these represent the terms correctly.
ANSWER: A DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCE: Module 10.1 MCS:
TYPES: Fact
3. Which of the following describes the term sex (as opposed to the term gender)?
a. gender identity
b. secondary sexual attitudes
c. biological sexual characteristics
d. roles of males and females in society
ANSWER: C DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCE: Module 10.1 MCS:
TYPES: Fact
4. One’sbiological classification as female or male is REFERENCEerred to as one
a.sex.
b.gender.
c.androgyny.
d.genetic gender potential.
, ANSWER: A DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCE: Module 10.1 MCS:
TYPES: Fact
5. Ms. Garratt, the health teacher at the junior high, is explaining the
DIFFICULTYferences in male and female reproductive characteristics
as well as the DIFFICULTYferences in males and females regarding
their chromosomes. Ms. Garratt is teaching the class about
,a. gender identity.
b. gender roles.
c. sex DIFFICULTYferences.
d. gender DIFFICULTYferences.
, ANSWER: C DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCE: Module 10.1 MCS:
TYPES: Application
6. The psychological and social characteristics associated with being
male or female is REFERENCEerred to as
a. the sexual script.
b. genetic gender potential.
c. sex.
d. gender.
ANSWER: D DIFFICULTY: Moderate REFERENCE: Module 10.1 MCS:
TYPES: Fact
7. Four-year-old Maggie tells her grandmother that she knows that girls grow up
to be “mommies,” and they are very good boys are brave and grow up to marry
girls and get jobs and protect their
families. Regarding males and females,
Maggie is describing what she understands about
a. sex DIFFICULTYferences.
b. gender DIFFICULTYferences.
c. sexual scripts.
d. biological biasing effects.
ANSWER: B DIFFICULTY: Moderate REFERENCE: Module 10.1 MCS:
TYPES: Application
8. A person with a deep conflict between his or her biological
sex and pREFERENCEerred psychological and social
gender roles is REFERENCEerred to as
a. gender dysfunctional.
b. homosexual.
c. trANSWERsexual.
d. bisexual.
ANSWER: C DIFFICULTY: Moderate REFERENCE: Module 10.1 MCS:
TYPES: Fact
9. Michelle experiences such a deep conflict between her biological sex
of male and her pREFERENCEerred gender role as a female that she
had a surgical operation to become female. Michelle
a. has a gender paraphilia.
b. have a sexual dysfunction.
c. would be considered trANSWERsexual.
d. would be considered bisexual.
ANSWER: C DIFFICULTY: Moderate REFERENCE: Module 10.1 MCS:
TYPES: Application
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025 EDITION
1. Which of the following statements regarding sex and gender is FALSE?
a. Both sex and gender have a large impact on our relationships,
health and other aspects of our everyday lives.
b. One thing we never forget about a person is his or her sex.
c. Gender DIFFICULTYferences REFERENCEer to biological
characteristics, while sex DIFFICULTYferences
REFERENCEer to psychological and social factors.
d. In trANSWERsexuals, a person’sphysical,biological sex
conflicts with his or her pREFERENCEerred
psychological and social gender roles.
ANSWER: C DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCE: REFERENCE: Module 10.1
KEY: * MCS: TYPES: Concept
2. In DIFFICULTYferentiating between the terms sex and gender,
a. sex REFERENCEers to biological aspects of identity, and
gender REFERENCEers to psychological and social identity.
b. both terms gender and sex REFERENCEer to one’ssociocultural identity.
c. sex REFERENCEers to sociocultural identity, and gender
REFERENCEers to biological identity.
d. none of these represent the terms correctly.
ANSWER: A DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCE: Module 10.1 MCS:
TYPES: Fact
3. Which of the following describes the term sex (as opposed to the term gender)?
a. gender identity
b. secondary sexual attitudes
c. biological sexual characteristics
d. roles of males and females in society
ANSWER: C DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCE: Module 10.1 MCS:
TYPES: Fact
4. One’sbiological classification as female or male is REFERENCEerred to as one
a.sex.
b.gender.
c.androgyny.
d.genetic gender potential.
, ANSWER: A DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCE: Module 10.1 MCS:
TYPES: Fact
5. Ms. Garratt, the health teacher at the junior high, is explaining the
DIFFICULTYferences in male and female reproductive characteristics
as well as the DIFFICULTYferences in males and females regarding
their chromosomes. Ms. Garratt is teaching the class about
,a. gender identity.
b. gender roles.
c. sex DIFFICULTYferences.
d. gender DIFFICULTYferences.
, ANSWER: C DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCE: Module 10.1 MCS:
TYPES: Application
6. The psychological and social characteristics associated with being
male or female is REFERENCEerred to as
a. the sexual script.
b. genetic gender potential.
c. sex.
d. gender.
ANSWER: D DIFFICULTY: Moderate REFERENCE: Module 10.1 MCS:
TYPES: Fact
7. Four-year-old Maggie tells her grandmother that she knows that girls grow up
to be “mommies,” and they are very good boys are brave and grow up to marry
girls and get jobs and protect their
families. Regarding males and females,
Maggie is describing what she understands about
a. sex DIFFICULTYferences.
b. gender DIFFICULTYferences.
c. sexual scripts.
d. biological biasing effects.
ANSWER: B DIFFICULTY: Moderate REFERENCE: Module 10.1 MCS:
TYPES: Application
8. A person with a deep conflict between his or her biological
sex and pREFERENCEerred psychological and social
gender roles is REFERENCEerred to as
a. gender dysfunctional.
b. homosexual.
c. trANSWERsexual.
d. bisexual.
ANSWER: C DIFFICULTY: Moderate REFERENCE: Module 10.1 MCS:
TYPES: Fact
9. Michelle experiences such a deep conflict between her biological sex
of male and her pREFERENCEerred gender role as a female that she
had a surgical operation to become female. Michelle
a. has a gender paraphilia.
b. have a sexual dysfunction.
c. would be considered trANSWERsexual.
d. would be considered bisexual.
ANSWER: C DIFFICULTY: Moderate REFERENCE: Module 10.1 MCS:
TYPES: Application
