Question 1

Gender roles are the instinctual behaviors that are the exclusive domain of each sex.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

In the United States,attitudes regarding the role of women in the workplace have varied according to economic needs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Women in matrilineal societies tend to occupy elevated status positions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Cross-culturally,women's roles tend to be focused on activities associated with the home,while men are more active in the public domain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Across differing societies,women generally dominate the practice of subsistence labor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In foraging societies,gender stratification was most marked when men contributed much more to the diet than women did.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

When compared to other kinds of societies,all the following are true about foragers EXCEPT that

Accepted Answer

A)  the public and private spheres are least separate. 
B)  hierarchy is least marked. 
C)  when gathering is prominent, gender status tends to be more equal. 
D)  sexual promiscuity is most common and routinely punished. 
E)  the rights, activities, and spheres of influence of men and women overlap the most. 
A)  the public and private spheres are least separate. 
B)  hierarchy is least marked. 
C)  when gathering is prominent, gender status tends to be more equal. 
D)  sexual promiscuity is most common and routinely punished. 
E)  the rights, activities, and spheres of influence of men and women overlap the most.

Question 8

How are sexuality,sex,and gender related to each other? What are the differences among these three analytical concepts?

Accepted Answer

Sexuality, sex, and gender are all relat

Question 9

Why should the numbers from Kinsey's research be considered merely illustrative,rather than statistically accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  sample sizes that were too small 
B)  flaws in the statistical models used 
C)  a reliance on nonrandom samples 
D)  failure to account for variance in the target population 
E)  incorrect assignment of causation 
A)  sample sizes that were too small 
B)  flaws in the statistical models used 
C)  a reliance on nonrandom samples 
D)  failure to account for variance in the target population 
E)  incorrect assignment of causation

Question 10

The specific roles assigned to each gender vary from culture to culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Regarding sexual orientation,all of the following are true EXCEPT that

Accepted Answer

A)  different types of sexual desires and experiences hold different meanings for individuals and groups. 
B)  there is conclusive scientific evidence that sexual orientation is genetically determined. 
C)  in a society, individuals will differ in the nature, range, and intensity of sexual interests and urges. 
D)  culture always plays a role in molding individual sexual urges toward a collective norm, and these norms vary from culture to culture. 
E)  flexibility in sexual expression seems to be an aspect of our primate heritage, since both masturbation and same-sex sexual activity exist among chimpanzees and other primates. 
A)  different types of sexual desires and experiences hold different meanings for individuals and groups. 
B)  there is conclusive scientific evidence that sexual orientation is genetically determined. 
C)  in a society, individuals will differ in the nature, range, and intensity of sexual interests and urges. 
D)  culture always plays a role in molding individual sexual urges toward a collective norm, and these norms vary from culture to culture. 
E)  flexibility in sexual expression seems to be an aspect of our primate heritage, since both masturbation and same-sex sexual activity exist among chimpanzees and other primates.

Question 12

What is the private-public dichotomy? In what kinds of societies does it occur,and in what kinds of societies is it absent? What factors contribute to its presence or absence,and what are its effects on gender roles?

Accepted Answer

The private-public dichotomy refers to t

Question 13

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  The feminization of poverty is unique to the United States. 
B)  Households headed by women tend to be poorer than those headed by men. 
C)  Married couples are much more secure economically than single mothers. 
D)  Women now head more than half the households in the United States. 
E)  The feminization of poverty has serious consequences with regard to living standards and health. 
A)  The feminization of poverty is unique to the United States. 
B)  Households headed by women tend to be poorer than those headed by men. 
C)  Married couples are much more secure economically than single mothers. 
D)  Women now head more than half the households in the United States. 
E)  The feminization of poverty has serious consequences with regard to living standards and health.

Question 14

The tasks and activities that a culture assigns to each sex are known as

Accepted Answer

A)  gender stereotypes. 
B)  the prestige coefficient. 
C)  sexual ascribed status. 
D)  gender roles. 
E)  sex roles. 
A)  gender stereotypes. 
B)  the prestige coefficient. 
C)  sexual ascribed status. 
D)  gender roles. 
E)  sex roles.

Question 15

Among horticulturalists with matrilineal descent and matrilocality,

Accepted Answer

A)  women tend to have high status, but only within the domestic sphere. 
B)  gender and sex become indistinguishable. 
C)  female status tends to be high. 
D)  women rarely inherit any property and are therefore at a disadvantage in comparison to their brothers. 
E)  women leaders are only symbolic, because men tend to have true decision-making power. 
A)  women tend to have high status, but only within the domestic sphere. 
B)  gender and sex become indistinguishable. 
C)  female status tends to be high. 
D)  women rarely inherit any property and are therefore at a disadvantage in comparison to their brothers. 
E)  women leaders are only symbolic, because men tend to have true decision-making power.

Question 16

Ethnographic evidence has revealed that traditionally,Pawnee women worked wood,and among the Hidatsa,women made boats.Cases such as these suggest that

Accepted Answer

A)  the division of labor by gender is a natural characteristic of human societies. 
B)  biology has nothing to do with gender roles. 
C)  anthropologists are overly optimistic about finding a society with perfect gender equality. 
D)  patterns of division of labor by gender are culturally general-not universal. 
E)  exceptions to cross-cultural generalization are actually the rule. 
A)  the division of labor by gender is a natural characteristic of human societies. 
B)  biology has nothing to do with gender roles. 
C)  anthropologists are overly optimistic about finding a society with perfect gender equality. 
D)  patterns of division of labor by gender are culturally general-not universal. 
E)  exceptions to cross-cultural generalization are actually the rule.

Question 17

Transgender is a social category that

Accepted Answer

A)  includes people whose gender identity has no apparent biological roots. 
B)  always contrasts biologically with "ordinary" males and females. 
C)  consists of only intersex people. 
D)  is entirely biologically constructed. 
E)  has no validity within the social sciences. 
A)  includes people whose gender identity has no apparent biological roots. 
B)  always contrasts biologically with "ordinary" males and females. 
C)  consists of only intersex people. 
D)  is entirely biologically constructed. 
E)  has no validity within the social sciences.

Question 18

Domestic violence against women is prevalent in patrilineal-patrilocal systems in which women are cut off from their supportive kin ties.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

More than half of all U.S.families living in poverty are

Accepted Answer

A)  patrifocal. 
B)  blended. 
C)  headed by men. 
D)  headed by women. 
E)  dichotomized. 
A)  patrifocal. 
B)  blended. 
C)  headed by men. 
D)  headed by women. 
E)  dichotomized.

Question 20

Among societies exhibiting the patrilineal-patrilocal complex in highland Papua New Guinea,

Accepted Answer

A)  women remain the primary producers of subsistence crops. 
B)  women govern the extra-domestic distribution of prestige items. 
C)  women fear contacts, including sexual intercourse, with men. 
D)  polygyny decreases household productivity, because a man must provide for more than one wife. 
E)  the population pressure on strategic resources is relaxed. 
A)  women remain the primary producers of subsistence crops. 
B)  women govern the extra-domestic distribution of prestige items. 
C)  women fear contacts, including sexual intercourse, with men. 
D)  polygyny decreases household productivity, because a man must provide for more than one wife. 
E)  the population pressure on strategic resources is relaxed.

Exam 18: Gender

Gender roles are the instinctual behaviors that are the exclusive domain of each sex.

In the United States,attitudes regarding the role of women in the workplace have varied according to economic needs.

Women in matrilineal societies tend to occupy elevated status positions.

Cross-culturally,women's roles tend to be focused on activities associated with the home,while men are more active in the public domain.

Across differing societies,women generally dominate the practice of subsistence labor.

In foraging societies,gender stratification was most marked when men contributed much more to the diet than women did.

When compared to other kinds of societies,all the following are true about foragers EXCEPT that

How are sexuality,sex,and gender related to each other? What are the differences among these three analytical concepts?

Why should the numbers from Kinsey's research be considered merely illustrative,rather than statistically accurate?

The specific roles assigned to each gender vary from culture to culture.

Regarding sexual orientation,all of the following are true EXCEPT that

What is the private-public dichotomy? In what kinds of societies does it occur,and in what kinds of societies is it absent? What factors contribute to its presence or absence,and what are its effects on gender roles?

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

The tasks and activities that a culture assigns to each sex are known as

Among horticulturalists with matrilineal descent and matrilocality,

Ethnographic evidence has revealed that traditionally,Pawnee women worked wood,and among the Hidatsa,women made boats.Cases such as these suggest that

Transgender is a social category that

Domestic violence against women is prevalent in patrilineal-patrilocal systems in which women are cut off from their supportive kin ties.

More than half of all U.S.families living in poverty are

Among societies exhibiting the patrilineal-patrilocal complex in highland Papua New Guinea,

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