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Gender, Sex, and Sexuality within Sociology MCQ

Traditional views of gender roles are more likely found in ____________.

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Correct Answer: Collectivist cultures

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Unlike adolescents, adults see their relationships as ________.

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Correct Answer: Mutually supportive

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The primary sex characteristics develop as ________.

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Correct Answer: The embryo grows in the womb because of chromosomes within the embryonic cells and hormonal influences

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Research has shown that men in their 20s who have more than five ejaculations per week _________.

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Correct Answer: Have lower rates of prostate cancer in later life

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In his global study of how societies view gender, george murdock found ________

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Correct Answer: Many tasks that were considered masculine by some societies were viewed as feminine by others.

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Many people call prostitution a victimless crime because ________

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Correct Answer: They believe that adults should be able to do as they please as long as no one is harmed

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Large-scale surveys of sexual behavior and attitudes were pioneered by _______ in the 1940s.

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Correct Answer: Kinsey.

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Correlational research is used so often as a method of studying human sexuality because _______.

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Correct Answer: Researchers typically cannot control people's sexual behaviors as would be necessary in an experiment.

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According to the kinsey study, _____ percent of males had bisexual experiences.

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Correct Answer: Nearly 50

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A reason to study sexuality using the sociological perspective is ________

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Correct Answer: Sexuality is important

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A ______________ is a set of expected behaviors for males and females.

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Correct Answer: Gender roles

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Individuals selected to respond to a researcher's request for information are called _______.

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Correct Answer: Respondents

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The testes produce _____, and the ovaries produce _____.

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Correct Answer: Androgen; estrogen and progesterone

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The genetic influence on sexual orientation has been supported by research reporting that _____.

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Correct Answer: Between identical twins, if one brother is gay, the other brother has a 48 to 65 percent chance of also being gay

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Social learning theory suggests that children learn gender roles _____.

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Correct Answer: All of these options

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Primary sex characteristics are to _____ as secondary sex characteristics are to _____.

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Correct Answer: Reproductive organs, nonreproductive organs

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Need for ________ refers to maintaining positive relationships with others.

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Correct Answer: Affiliation

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Males have ________ and females have ________.

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Correct Answer: One X chromosome; two X chromosomes

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Havelock ellis used _____ to study human sexuality.

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Correct Answer: Himself

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Erectile dysfunction occurs during the _____ phase of sexual arousal.

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Correct Answer: Excitement

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Conditioning is one explanation for how ____ develops.

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Correct Answer: Fetishism

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A homosexual orientation appears to be the result of _____.

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Correct Answer: Genetics and biology playing a dominant role

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A complex cluster of ways in which males and females are expected to behave is a(n) ______.

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Correct Answer: Gender role

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In the modern U.S. workforce, women are overrepresented in jobs involving ______.

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Correct Answer: Caretaking

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Hookup culture encourages relationships based primarily on ______.

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Correct Answer: Physical intimacy

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The Times Up social movement provides a legal defense fund for ______.

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Correct Answer: Victims of sexual harassment

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Which perspective on gender examines social institutions and how they influence lives through unequal distribution of resources to each gender?

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Correct Answer: Conflict

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Akhil and Nishma are expectant parents who are getting an ultrasound done today to learn the sex of their unborn child. Learning the sex of their child will likely begin what for Akhil and Nishma’s child?

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Correct Answer: Gender socialization

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Which demographic category has perhaps the greatest impact upon who we are, how others interact with us, and what opportunities we are offered?

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Correct Answer: Gender

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Cultural norms of masculinity and femininity play a large role in which perspective on gender?

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Correct Answer: Symbolic interactionist

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What is a common reason that many people fail to report sexual harassment?

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Correct Answer: Most employers retaliate against the victim.

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At birth, Kita was assigned the sex of “female” by a doctor. Upon reaching eight years of age, Kita concludes that he identifies as male. Which term best matches Kita’s situation?

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Correct Answer: Transgender

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In over half of the United States, which of the following can be grounds for losing a job, allowing workers no legal recourse?

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Correct Answer: Sexuality

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Heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, and asexual are all categories of ______.

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Correct Answer: Sexuality

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What refers to the separation of men and women into different types of occupations?

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Correct Answer: Gender segregation

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Which condition correctly explains the concept of gender?

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Correct Answer: A social concept regarding the traits typical to a certain sex

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Often experienced by women and minorities, the glass ceiling is best understood as ______.

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Correct Answer: An invisible achievement barrier

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Which perspective on gender has evolved in the most recent decades, including ideas about gender socialization, social interactions, and institutions?

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Correct Answer: Gender as social structure

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People who see themselves as a gender other than the one assigned to them at birth are known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Transgender

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Our emotional and physical attraction to a particular sex is called ____.

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Correct Answer: Sexuality

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Verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature when the harassment creates a hostile work environment is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Sexual harassment

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A biological construct that is defined by external genitalia, chromosomes, and internal reproductive organs is known as ____.

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Correct Answer: Sex

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Not clearly biologically male or female is ______.

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Correct Answer: Intersex

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_____ means getting together at the end of an evening for the purposes of an intimate, no-strings-attached encounter.

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Correct Answer: Hooking up

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Glass Ceiling is an unofficial barrier women and minorities face when trying to advance to the upper levels of an organization.

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Correct Answer: True

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Gender Wage Gap is the gap between the wages women and men earn.

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Correct Answer: True

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The process by which we learn to be a man or woman in our particular place and time is called Gender ______.

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Correct Answer: Socialization

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The practice of labeling certain fields of employment as for either men or women is called Gender Segregation in the Workplace.

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Correct Answer: True

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Expectations for behavior appropriate for our assigned genders is called Gender _____.

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Correct Answer: Scripts

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Gender as Social Structure emphasizes that gender incorporates socialization and organziational structures.

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Correct Answer: True

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A social concept associated with being male or female that is taught to us and continually created by us through interactions with others is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Gender

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Identifying gender consistent with the sex assigned at birth is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Cisgender

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