Ap Psychology Quiz

1. | | | Feminists argue that gender matters because _____. | | B. | it structures social relations between people | | | | | 2. | | | Sexuality refers to _____. | | A. | desire, sexual preference, sexual identity, and behavior | | | | | 3. | | | Gender studies can be said to focus on the relationship between _____. | | C. | nature and nurture | | | | | 4. | | | When we look back in history to examine ideas about sex, we find that the binary sex system with which we are familiar ____. | | D. | has not always been the standard model | | | | | 5. | | | Biological determinism is _____. | | C. | a theory that explains sexuality in terms of biological givens |
| | | Which of the following statements offers an essentialist explanation for gender differences? | | B. | Women are overrepresented in professions such as nursing, teaching, and social work because they are inherently more nurturing and caring than men. | | | | | 7. | | | What does the existence of the nadle in Navajo tribes or the berdache in other Native American cultures teach us about gender? | | D. | Concepts of gender are not absolute and unchanging. | | | | | 8. | | | _____ is a nearly universal system involving the subordination of femininity to masculinity. | | D. | Patriarchy | | | Score: | 1/1 | | | 9. | | | Talcott Parsons’s sex role theory proposed that a healthy, harmonious society exists when women and men _____. | | D. | try out different roles and find the one or ones that are the best fit on an individual level | | | | | 10. | | | Your introductory sociology professor believes that gender roles serve a purpose in society to fulfill certain functions. What type of theoretical background is your professor espousing? | | D. | structural functionalism |
| | C. | psychoanalytic theory | | | | | 12. | | | Which of the following statements can be most closely associated with a conflict theory approach to gender studies? | | A. | There are women who are in positions of privilege in relation to some men. | | | | | 13. | | | Black feminists challenged the notion that _____. | | B. | all women experience oppression in the same way | | | | | 14. | | | How might a sociologist describe the difference between homosexuality and homosexual behavior? | | D. | Homosexuality implies having a certain social identity, whereas homosexual behavior is a choice about a particular activity at a particular time. | | | | | 15. | | | Michel Foucault argued that the development of homosexuality as a social identity was related to _____. | | C. | the development of states and scientific disciplines and a desire in both arenas to monitor and categorize people and their behavior | | | | | 16. | | | Which of the following jobs could be described as a “pink-collar” job? | | B. | executive assistant | | | | | 17. |