Sociology A Brief Introduction 11th Edition By Schaefer – Test Bank

Chapter 11

Stratification by Gender

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The expectation that a woman will be nurturing is an example of
   A.a genetic trait.
   B. a gender role.
   C. homophobia.
   D. None of these answers is correct.

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Learning Objective: Describe women’s and men’s gender roles and the process of gender-role socialization in the United States.
Topic: Gender roles
Question Category: Information

2. Which of the following terms refers to expectations regarding the proper behavior, attitudes, and activities of males and females?
   A.expressiveness
   B. gender roles
   C. gender schema
   D. instrumentality

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Learning Objective: Describe women’s and men’s gender roles and the process of gender-role socialization in the United States.
Topic: Gender roles
Question Category: Definition

3. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality is called
   A.homophobia.
   B. gay fright.
   C. Ebonics.
   D. heterophobia.

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Learning Objective: Describe women’s and men’s gender roles and the process of gender-role socialization in the United States.
Topic: Gender roles
Question Category: Definition

4. A man doing which of the following would be a violation of the male gender role?
   A.playing football
   B. getting into a fight
   C. joining a knitting circle
   D. spitting

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Learning Objective: Describe women’s and men’s gender roles and the process of gender-role socialization in the United States.
Topic: Gender roles
Question Category: Application-Concept

5. Research on children’s books published in the U.S. in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s indicates that
   A.females were significantly overrepresented in central roles and illustrations.
   B. female characters were portrayed as passive and in need of strong males.
   C. females were portrayed as competent and generally equal to males.
   D. All of these answers are correct.

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Learning Objective: Describe women’s and men’s gender roles and the process of gender-role socialization in the United States.
Topic: Gender roles
Question Category: Information

6. For every one stay-at-home dad there are ________ stay-at-home moms.
   A.6
   B. 15
   C. 27
   D. 38

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Learning Objective: Describe women’s and men’s gender roles and the process of gender-role socialization in the United States.
Topic: Gender role socialization
Question Category: Information

7. When Ted consoles his sister about a difficult romantic breakup, works a day shift as a construction worker, and sings nursery rhymes to his young daughter so that she may fall asleep, he is portraying
   A.expressiveness.
   B. multiple masculinities.
   C. instrumentality.
   D. gender expectations.

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Learning Objective: Describe women’s and men’s gender roles and the process of gender-role socialization in the United States.
Topic: Gender role socialization
Question Category: Application-Concept

8. Which sociologist discussed the concept of and coined the term for multiple masculinities?
   A.Arlie Hochschild
   B. R. W. Connell
   C. Margaret Mead
   D. Robert Merton

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Learning Objective: Describe women’s and men’s gender roles and the process of gender-role socialization in the United States.
Topic: Gender role socialization
Question Category: Application-Concept

9. The idea that men play a variety of gender roles, including a nurturing-caring role and an effeminate-gay role, in addition to their traditional gender role of dominating women, is referred to as
   A.multidimensional males.
   B. multiple masculinities.
   C. multifaceted men.
   D. None of these answers is correct.

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Learning Objective: Describe women’s and men’s gender roles and the process of gender-role socialization in the United States.
Topic: Gender role socialization
Question Category: Information

10. Functionalists view gender roles in which of the following ways?
    A.Gender roles assist in keeping women oppressed within the family structure.
    B. Gender roles have a bias toward male power.
    C. Gender roles are necessary to keep the family in balance.
    D. All of these answers are correct.