CHAPTER 11 Sexuality and Gender

CHAPTER 11 Sexuality and Gender

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. When Olivia’s baby is born, the doctor says, “It’s a girl.” Which of the following is the doctor describing?
2. a) The baby’s gender role
3. b) The baby’s sex
4. c) The baby’s sex role
5. d) The baby’s gender identity
6. e) The baby’s gender

ANS: b        TOP:  MOD: 11.1               REF: Gender Identity, Gender Roles and Gender Differences                  

MSC: applied            OBJ: 1-Define the terms gender identity and gender roles and explain how they are different.         KEY: Define/Describe, Apply

2. Gender is to ___________ as sex is to __________.
3. a) XX; XY
4. b) genetic; biological
5. c) biological; genetic
6. d) biological; psychosocial
7. e) psychosocial; biological

ANS: e         TOP:  MOD: 11.1               REF: Gender Identity, Gender Roles and Gender Differences                  

MSC: conceptual     OBJ: 1-Define the terms gender identity and gender roles and explain how they are different.         KEY: Evaluate/Explain

3. In a particular society, men are expected to provide protection and monetary support, whereas women are expected to tend to the home and children. What are these expectations describing for females and males in the society?
4. a) Gender identities
5. b) Gender roles
6. c) Gender rules
7. d) Sex roles
8. e) Sex rules

ANS: b        TOP:  MOD: 11.1               REF: Gender Identity, Gender Roles and Gender Differences                  

MSC: applied            OBJ: 1-Define the terms gender identity and gender roles and explain how they are different.         KEY: Define/Describe, Apply

4. The psychological experience of being female or male is called one’s:
5. a) gender role.
6. b) gender awareness.
7. c)
8. d) gender identity.
9. e)

ANS: d        TOP:  MOD: 11.1               REF: Gender Identity, Gender Roles and Gender Differences                  

MSC: factual             OBJ: 1-Define the terms gender identity and gender roles and explain how they are different.         KEY: Define/Describe

5. In many societies, men are expected to be more aggressive and women are expected to be more nurturing. These expectations describe differences in:
6. a)
7. b)
8. c) gender identity.
9. d) gender roles.
10. e) gender assignment.

ANS: d        TOP:  MOD: 11.1               REF: Gender Identity, Gender Roles and Gender Differences                  

MSC: applied            OBJ: 1-Define the terms gender identity and gender roles and explain how they are different.         KEY: Define/Describe, Apply