FAS 332 - Ch. 2

What type of conditioning generally deals with biological responses being paired with neutral stimuli?

Classical conditioning

Which of the following is a major psychological theory?

Cognitive theory

According to Patricia Gowaty's gender-neutral evolutionary theory, which of the following is most responsible for gender differences in behavior?

Environment

Who learns about sexual scripts?

Everyone

Which of the following is NOT a major psychological theory?

Feminist conflict

Which of the following theories come from the "social constructionist" viewpoint, and thus focus on the creation of social categories and their consequences?

Feminist theory Queer theory

Which of the following is a basic assumption or view that is challenged by queer theory?

Heteronormativity

Which of the following would sociobiologists attempt to explain?

How our sexual behavior has evolved

Which approach says that to fully understand anyone's experiences, we need to appreciate all of their group memberships, including age, sex, race, etc.?

Intersectionality

Which researcher is most often associated with classical conditioning?

Ivan Pavlov

Upon which of the following processes is social exchange theory based?

Maximizing rewards

Which of the following would NOT be a part of a schema for a football game?

Private lives of fans who attend

What was Sigmund Freud's most influential theory?

Psychoanalytic theory

What did Freud believe was one of the key forces in human life?

Sex

Which of the following ideas refers to the belief that sexual behavior is rehearsed and/or planned out in advance, much like a play in a theater?

Sexual scripts

Which theory, based on the principle of reinforcement, assumes that people will choose actions that maximize awards and minimize costs?

Social exchange theory

Which perspective is defined as the application of evolutionary biology to understanding the social behavior of animals?

Sociobiology

Which theory notes that human behavior and the social order are products of communication among people?

Symbolic interaction theory

According to symbolic interaction theory, people can communicate successfully with one another only to the extent that they:

ascribe similar meanings to objects and people.

Which of the following is NOT a macro-level institution that sociology studies?

athletics

An intersectional approach to understanding sexuality would:

consider a person's multiple identities.

Theories like feminist theory and queer theory, which focus on how social categories are made and their consequences, are grouped into the larger viewpoint known as the social ______, Incorrect Unavailable viewpoint.

constructionist

According to evolutionary psychology, if a man is able to accurately judge which women are healthy and fertile, and if he is successful in reproducing, his offspring would:

have a competitive advantage.

According to social exchange theory, people are ______, which means that they try to maximize rewards and minimize costs.

hedonistic

The view that heterosexuality is the only pattern or choice that is normal or natural is referred to as:

heteronormativity.

According to gender-neutral evolutionary theory:

it is most adaptive for humans to be flexible in their mating behaviors.

Evolutionary psychology focuses on psychological mechanisms that have been shaped by:

natural selection.

Much like actors in a play, ______ is the way in which we perform gender or sexuality based on society's norms.

performativity

A(n) ______ is a general knowledge framework about a particular topic.

schema

Religion, economy, family, and medicine all support their own

sexual ideologies.

According to the concept of performativity, women often perform gender by:

wearing dresses and jewelry.