Sociology A Down To Earth Approach Books A La Carte Edition 12th Edition By James M. Henslin – Test Bank

Chapter 11
Sex and Gender

11.1 True / False Questions

1) Gender stratification refers to the ranking of males and females according to their access to power, property, and prestige based on their sex.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 288
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts LO: 11.1 Distinguish between sex and gender; use research on Vietnam veterans and testosterone to explain why the door to biology is opening in sociology. Topic/A-head: Issues of Sex and Gender

2) Sociologically, “gender” and “sex” are interchangeable terms that have virtually the same meaning.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 288-289
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts LO: 11.1 Distinguish between sex and gender; use research on Vietnam veterans and testosterone to explain why the door to biology is opening in sociology. Topic/A-head: Issues of Sex and Gender

3) Sociologists believe that if biology were the principal factor in determining human behavior, there would be greater uniformity of behavior among all people – men and women, regardless of gender – around the world.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 289
Skill Level: Apply What You Know LO: 11.1 Distinguish between sex and gender; use research on Vietnam veterans and testosterone to explain why the door to biology is opening in sociology. Topic/A-head: Issues of Sex and Gender

4) The 1985 Vietnam veterans study clearly demonstrated that biology (in this case, testosterone) is the cause of male aggressiveness.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 291-292
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts LO: 11.1 Distinguish between sex and gender; use research on Vietnam veterans and testosterone to explain why the door to biology is opening in sociology. Topic/A-head: Issues of Sex and Gender

5) A Women who works as a high level executive and a child care providing man would tend to reaffirm their gender while at home.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 293
Skill Level: Apply What You Know LO: 11.2 Discuss the origin of gender discrimination, sex typing of work, gender and the prestige of work, and global aspects of pay, violence, and education. Topic/A-head: Gender Inequality in Global Perspective

6) Only males who are given a single dose of testosterone seek higher status and show less regard for the feelings of others.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 292
Skill Level: Know the Facts LO: 11.2 Discuss the origin of gender discrimination, sex typing of work, gender and the prestige of work, and global aspects of pay, violence, and education. Topic/A-head: Gender Inequality in Global Perspective

7) Sociologically, females are appropriately classified as a minority group.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 294
Skill Level: Apply What You Know LO: 11.2 Discuss the origin of gender discrimination, sex typing of work, gender and the prestige of work, and global aspects of pay, violence, and education. Topic/A-head: Gender Inequality in Global Perspective

8) In hunting and gathering as well as horticultural societies, women contributed the majority of the food supply to their groups.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 294-295
Skill Level: Know the Facts LO: 11.2 Discuss the origin of gender discrimination, sex typing of work, gender and the prestige of work, and global aspects of pay, violence, and education. Topic/A-head: Gender Inequality in Global Perspective

9) The major theories on the origin of patriarchy point to the social consequences of human reproduction.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 295-296
Skill Level: Know the Facts LO: 11.2 Discuss the origin of gender discrimination, sex typing of work, gender and the prestige of work, and global aspects of pay, violence, and education. Topic/A-head: Gender Inequality in Global Perspective

10) In his study of 324 societies around the world, anthropologist George Murdock found that specific tasks were universally assigned to men and others to women, giving support to the argument that biology controls human behavior.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 297
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts LO: 11.2 Discuss the origin of gender discrimination, sex typing of work, gender and the prestige of work, and global aspects of pay, violence, and education. Topic/A-head: Gender Inequality in Global Perspective