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C. The Me Too Movement went viral on Twitter.
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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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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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Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain central terminology in the study of sex and gender.
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Cognitive Domain: Knowledge DX DX
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8. Around what percent of infants are born with some form of intersexuality?
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shape the experience and expression of sex and gender.
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D. there is a mismatch between anatomical and psychological gen
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Test Bank for The Psychology of Sex and Gender 2nd Edition By Jennifer Publishing,
Katherine 2022
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Chapter 1: Introducing Sex and Gender DX DX DX DX DX DX
Test Bank DX
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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culty Level: EasyDX DX
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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B. hormonal; culturally constructed DX DX
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Cognitive Domain: Knowledge DX DX
Answer Location: Sex and Gender
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Difficulty Level: Easy DX DX
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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Cognitive Domain: Knowledge DX DX
Answer Location: Sex and Gender
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Difficulty Level: Easy DX DX
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4. Using “sex” to refer to biological differences between men and women and “ge
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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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Cognitive Domain: ComprehensionDX DX
Answer Location: Sex and Gender
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Difficulty Level: Medium DX DX
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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D. decreases when men perform female- DX DX DX DX
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Learning Objective: 1.2: Evaluate how culture, gender identity, and sexual orientation
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6. Research shows that differences in physical aggression between men and wo
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men are . DX
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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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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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shape the experience and expression of sex and gender.
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