Gender Final

Which of the following is not a feature of a gendered organization?

Gender eradication by which men and women exchange status positions

Intersex conditions are estimated to occur at a rate of:

1.7% of all births

Which "wave" of feminism is associated with the suffrage or right to vote movement?

1st

Theories that assume that what men do is more important than what women do can be characterized as:

Androcentric

People born with XY chromosomes, but feminized genitalia have what condition

Androgen insensitivity syndrome

Researchers from which discipline collect information across a wide range of societies and cultures to answer questions of their similarities and differences?

Anthropology

Any theory or ideology that attempts to reduce some type of behavior to unchangeable biological roots is known as

Biological determinism

The statement "Much of what we experience in terms of gender depends on historical time period and place, yet there are limits to that experience based on the biological reality of male and female bodies" would align best with which theoretical perspective?

Biosocial perspective

____ believe sex indicates the existence of two different kinds of people - male and female.

Biosocial perspective

People born with XX chromosomes, but masculinization of genitalia have what condition

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Which theory aims to explore domination in all forms, including the domination of women and nature (that is, the environment)?

Ecofeminist theory

Someone who believes that "God" created males and females would belong to which theoretical perspective

Essentialist

The social meaning that are assigned to biological differences between males and females is known as:

Gender

______ believed in a one-sex model - that is, that females were not different than males, but rather an inferior version of them.

Greeks

Which of the following are the two key sources of evidence that are commonly used to support the social constructionist perspective?

Historical and cross-cultural comparisons

The tendency to interact in networks of people similar to you is known as:

Homophily

Sex difference research is concerned with how gender operates on an _____ level.

Individual

The sex roles theory which assumes sex roles are built upon and reinforced by biological differences is an ______ level approach to gender.

Individual

Women's work is often missed by economic theories of development because their work is part of which economy?

Informal

The "Women in Development" perspective aimed to:

Integrate gender into the preexisting development project

The theory of "doing gender," which says that gender is simply a performance and we are constantly on stage, is an ______ level approach to gender.

Interactional

People who have a wide variety of conditions that cause ambiguity in regards to sex category are classified as the:

Intersexed

Sex role theory, which was developed by functionalists, was criticized on which grounds?

It was a normative theory that embraced assumptions about behaviors that allowed society to function most effectively, thereby reinforcing gender inequality.

The text refers to learning the process of "seeing gender," which in this case means:

Learning to see the invisible ways in which gender affects individuals

Which type of feminism would offer the following diagnosis of gender inequality? "Inequality between men and women is rooted in the way government treats men and women."

Liberal Feminism

Which of the following is a core argument of the the reciprocity hypothesis?

Males generally do not participate in the care of infants

Margaret Mead's research across three primitive societies showed that:

Masculinity and femininity are defined culturally

The most important status in determining how people react to us is known as:

Master status

James is Jewish because his mother is. This form of defining one's identity is a product of _____ process.

Matrilineal

What type of research examines a large body of studies to demonstrate whether or not differences exist across social groups such as men and women?

Meta-analysis

Any attempt at a comprehensive and universal explanation of some phenomenon is known as

Meta-narrative

Which theory posits that the postcolonial world can become like the countries of the developed world if they follow the lead of the developed world economically, politically, and socially?

Modernization theory

Which theoretical perspective would say that a person's position is at the center of intersecting and mutually reliant systems of oppression?

Multiple consciousness perspective

Which one of the following areas does sex differences research NOT use to categorize scholarship on differences between women and men?

Physical

Which movement within queer theory criticizes assumptions about a "universal homosexual identity?"

Postmodernist movement

When looking at most phenomena, we tend to first think of men or their experience. This is known as using men as a ______ for all human beings.

Proxy

Which theoretical perspective argues that divisions between psychology, anthropology and sociology are all about attempting to privilege certain types of knowledge over others through science and objectivity.

Queer theory

Which is NOT a feature of queer theory as a general orientation?

Queer theory aims to unite social categories

The fact that nineteenth century arguments about the racial inferiority of non-whites is no longer accepted as true supports which of the following conclusions?

Race is socially constructed because ideas dominant at one time in history are now rejected

Which branch of feminism has argued that, to bring about gender equality, fundamental changes to the basic structure of society are necessary?

Radical Feminism

The biological differences between people we call males and females is known as:

Sex

Dr. Pepper studies how the math and science test scores of boys and girls vary. Dr. Pepper is conducting ______ research.

Sex differences

The way we use cues of culturally presumed appearance and behavior to represent physical characteristics that we generally cannot see is known as:

Sexual categorization

The claim that sex marks a distinction between two physically and genetically discrete categories of people - males and females - is known as:

Sexual dimorphism

In studies of partner infidelity, men were more worried about which of the following?

Sexual infidelity

Advocates of which theoretical perspective would make the following argument? "It is culture that dictates how we see sex."

Social construction perspective

The Thomas Principle states that if situations are defined as real, they are real in their consequences. With which sociological theory of gender is this principle most closely aligned?

Social construction perspective

Which perspective would say the following? "Sex and gender have changed over time and can be changed in the future."

Social construction perspective

______ believe sex infers a belief in two kinds of people - male and female.

Social construction perspective

A period of increasing frequency and intensity in social movement activities that spread throughout various parts of society and globally is known as:

Social movement cycle

Which theory argues that behaviors such as aggression and cooperation are the outcome of human evolutionary adaptations?

Sociobiology

The fact that women in Eugene, Oregon can legally walk down the street topless but that women in Indianapolis, Indiana cannot do so is evidence of what?

Standards of "indecent exposure" vary within a given culture, thus showing that this concept is socially constructed.

C. Wright Mills was worried about what he referred to as "public issues" on people's private lives or rather

The influence of social structures and history on their lives

A set of statements and propositions that seek to explain or predict a particular aspect of social life is called a:

Theory

The principle that states: "If people define situations as real, they are real in their consequences." is known as the:

Thomas Principle