Question 1

The symbolic-interaction approach highlights the various meanings people attach to sexuality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Transgender is a concept that refers to people who conform to the gender patterns that a society defines as conventional for one sex or the other.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Homosexuality and heterosexuality are mutually exclusive,meaning that all people fall into one category or the other.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

The structural-functional approach highlights patterns of inequality that are linked to sexuality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

If you often have the feeling of being "trapped in the wrong body," you might be

Accepted Answer

A) a hermaphrodite. 
B) a homosexual. 
C) a transsexual. 
D) a bisexual. 
A) a hermaphrodite. 
B) a homosexual. 
C) a transsexual. 
D) a bisexual.

Question 6

When did the sexual revolution begin?

Accepted Answer

A) It began during the colonial era. 
B) It began during the Great Depression of the 1930s. 
C) It began in the 1940s and then grew quickly in the late 1960s. 
D) It began about 1980. 
A) It began during the colonial era. 
B) It began during the Great Depression of the 1930s. 
C) It began in the 1940s and then grew quickly in the late 1960s. 
D) It began about 1980.

Question 7

Although some people think rape simply reflects a desire for sex,it is an expression of power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Survey research shows that,even though the public remains divided on the issue,U.S.society is more accepting of premarital sex today than it was a generation ago.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

There was no distinct category of "homosexual" people until about a century ago.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In 2012,about what percentage of U.S.adults claimed homosexuality is "always wrong" or "almost always wrong"?

Accepted Answer

A) only 5 percent 
B) about 30 percent 
C) about 46 percent 
D) almost 100 percent 
A) only 5 percent 
B) about 30 percent 
C) about 46 percent 
D) almost 100 percent

Question 11

The effect of the sexual counterrevolution was

Accepted Answer

A) to keep sex only within marriage. 
B) to encourage people to limit their number of sexual partners or,in some cases,to abstain from sex entirely. 
C) to finally close the historical "double standard." 
D) to discourage the use of birth control technology. 
A) to keep sex only within marriage. 
B) to encourage people to limit their number of sexual partners or,in some cases,to abstain from sex entirely. 
C) to finally close the historical "double standard." 
D) to discourage the use of birth control technology.

Question 12

There are few areas of life in which sexuality does not play some part.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

About ______ of men and _____ of women in the United States define themselves as "partly" or "entirely" homosexual.

Accepted Answer

A) 1.7 percent; 1.1 percent 
B) 10 percent; 6 percent 
C) 28 percent; 14 percent 
D) 30 percent; 30 percent 
A) 1.7 percent; 1.1 percent 
B) 10 percent; 6 percent 
C) 28 percent; 14 percent 
D) 30 percent; 30 percent

Question 14

Standards of human beauty are the same for people everywhere in the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The existence of a category of people in Mexico called Muxes shows us that there can be more than two gender categories.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The more global our view of sexuality

Accepted Answer

A) the more variety we see in the meanings people attach to sexuality. 
B) the greater the evidence that biology defines sexuality. 
C) the clearer we see that sexual practices are mostly the same all around the world. 
D) the easier it is to understand the latent functions of sexuality. 
A) the more variety we see in the meanings people attach to sexuality. 
B) the greater the evidence that biology defines sexuality. 
C) the clearer we see that sexual practices are mostly the same all around the world. 
D) the easier it is to understand the latent functions of sexuality.

Question 17

Primary sex characteristics refer to reproductive organs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Sexual attraction to people of both sexes is called

Accepted Answer

A) heterosexuality. 
B) bisexuality. 
C) homosexuality. 
D) asexuality. 
A) heterosexuality. 
B) bisexuality. 
C) homosexuality. 
D) asexuality.

Question 19

U.S.culture discouraged open discussion of sexuality,so researchers did not begin to study sexuality until the middle of the twentieth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which concept refers to humans who have some combination of female and male sexual characteristics?

Accepted Answer

A) multi-sexed 
B) bisexual 
C) transsexual 
D) intersexual 
A) multi-sexed 
B) bisexual 
C) transsexual 
D) intersexual

Exam 8: Sexuality and Society

The symbolic-interaction approach highlights the various meanings people attach to sexuality.

Transgender is a concept that refers to people who conform to the gender patterns that a society defines as conventional for one sex or the other.

Homosexuality and heterosexuality are mutually exclusive,meaning that all people fall into one category or the other.

The structural-functional approach highlights patterns of inequality that are linked to sexuality.

If you often have the feeling of being "trapped in the wrong body," you might be

When did the sexual revolution begin?

Although some people think rape simply reflects a desire for sex,it is an expression of power.

Survey research shows that,even though the public remains divided on the issue,U.S.society is more accepting of premarital sex today than it was a generation ago.

There was no distinct category of "homosexual" people until about a century ago.

In 2012,about what percentage of U.S.adults claimed homosexuality is "always wrong" or "almost always wrong"?

The effect of the sexual counterrevolution was

There are few areas of life in which sexuality does not play some part.

About ______ of men and _____ of women in the United States define themselves as "partly" or "entirely" homosexual.

Standards of human beauty are the same for people everywhere in the world.

The existence of a category of people in Mexico called Muxes shows us that there can be more than two gender categories.

The more global our view of sexuality

Primary sex characteristics refer to reproductive organs.

Sexual attraction to people of both sexes is called

U.S.culture discouraged open discussion of sexuality,so researchers did not begin to study sexuality until the middle of the twentieth century.

Which concept refers to humans who have some combination of female and male sexual characteristics?

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