Exam 4: How Do We Learn Gender Gender and Socialization

When children begin to think of themselves as feminine or masculine, that particular gender schema is associated with their sense of identity.

Research on Pakistani and Filipina immigrant women reveal that secondary socialization can have a powerful influence on our gender experiences.

Unlike gender, age is a fixed social category that is consistent across cultures.

When an individual develops an internalized understanding of how they personally relate to expectations around femininity or masculinity, they are developing ______.

Agism has differing effects on men and women because ______.

By the age of 5, children develop the knowledge that society sees their gender as permanent and unchanging. Which of the following terms describes this phase?

How do intersex children inform our understanding of gender socialization?

According to Preves's study on intersex children, participants reported that the impact of numerous medical procedures during childhood resulted in ______.

Phillip was marginalized by other boys at camp because of his small stature, lack of coordination, feminine appearance, and preference for activities like jump rope. Phillip can be said to have entered the ______.

The all-encompassing system of criminalization molded by the synchronized, systematic punishment by social control institutions is known as ______.

The expectation that men shouldn't cry demonstrates which of the following concepts?

When an 8-year-old child sees a female wearing short hair and baggy clothes and is able to understand that the woman is still fundamentally female, that child has developed ______.

According to the life-course perspective, individual biographies unfold interactively based on exposure to new social settings.

Activities or behaviors that have the potential to be seen as violating gender norms in some way are called which of the following?

Discuss how the gender socialization of intersex children differs from the gender socialization of children whose sex falls in the sex binary. Who are the agents of socialization for intersex children? How does "doing gender" differ for the two groups?

The experiences of immigrants in the United States demonstrate the importance of the nation as an agent of socialization.

Piaget's analysis of children's active role in their own socialization is best categorized under which of the following theories?

Which of the following refers to the process by which an infant learns the norms of society?

According to the text, which of the following is an example of a sex-typed behavior that is considered appropriate for girls, but not for boys?

At what age do children acquire a gender identity?