Chapter 10: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
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Module 10.1
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MULTIPLEeCHOICE
1. WhicheofetheefollowingestatementseregardingesexeandegendereiseF
ALSE?
a. Bothesexeandegenderehaveeaelargeeimpacteoneourerelationships,ehealtheandeothereas
pectseofeoureeverydayelives.
b. Oneethingeweenevereforgeteabouteaepersoneisehiseoreheresex.
c. Genderedifferencesereferetoebiologicalecharacteristics,ewhileesexedifferencesereferetoep
sychologicaleandesocialefactors.
d. Inetranssexuals,eaeperson‟sephysical,ebiologicalesexeconflictsewithehiseoreherep
referredepsychologicaleandesocialegendereroles.
ANS:e C DIF: Easy REF:eREF:eModulee10.1
KEY:e * MSC:e TYPE:eConcept
2. Inedifferentiatingebetweenetheetermsesexeandegender,
a. sexerefersetoebiologicaleaspectseofeidentity,eandegendererefersetoepsychologicaleandes
ocialeidentity.
b. bothetermsegendereandesexereferetoeone‟sesocioculturalei
dentity.
c. sexerefersetoesocioculturaleidentity,eandegendererefersetoeb
iologicaleidentity.
d. noneeofetheseerepresentetheetermsecorrectly.
ANS:e A DIF: Easy REF:e Modulee10.1e MSC:e TYPE:eFact
3. Whicheofetheefollowingedescribesetheetermesexe(aseopposedetoeth
eetermegender)?
a. gendereidentity
b. secondaryesexualeattitudes
c. biologicalesexualecharacteristics
d. roleseofemaleseandefemaleseinesociety
ANS:e C DIF: Easy REF:e Modulee10.1eee MSC:e TYPE:eFact
4. One‟sebiologicaleclassificationeasefemaleeoremaleeisereferredetoea
seone‟s.
a. sex.
b. gender.
c. androgyny.
d. geneticegenderepotential.
ANS:e A DIF: Easy REF:e Modulee10.1e MSC:e TYPE:eFact
5. Ms.eGarratt,etheehealtheteachereatetheejuniorehigh,eiseexplainingetheedifferenceseinemaleeandefem
aleereproductiveecharacteristicseasewelleasetheedifferenceseinemaleseandefemaleseregardingetheire
chromosomes.eMs.eGarratteiseteachingetheeclasseabout
a. gendereidentity.
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b. gendereroles.
c. sexedifferences.
d. genderedifferences.
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ANS:e C DIF: Easy REF:e Modulee10.1e MSC:e TYPE:eApplication
6. Theepsychologicaleandesocialecharacteristicseassociatedewithebeingemaleeorefemaleeisereferredeto
as
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a. theesexualescript.
b. geneticegenderepotential.
c. sex.
d. gender.
ANS:e D DIF: Moderate REF:e Modulee10.1e MSC:e TYPE:eFact
7. Four-year-oldeMaggieetellseheregrandmotherethatesheeknowsethategirlsegroweupetoebe
“mommies,”eandetheyeareeveryegoodeatetakingecareeofeotherepeople,ewhileeboyseareebraveeandegrow
eupetoemarryegirlseandegetejobseandeprotect etheirefamilies.eRegardingemaleseandefemales,
Maggieeisedescribingewhatesheeunderstandseabout
a. sexedifferences.
b. genderedifferences.
c. sexualescripts.
d. biologicalebiasingeeffects.
ANS:e B DIF: Moderate REF:e Modulee10.1e MSC:e TYPE:eApplication
8. Aepersonewitheaedeepeconflictebetweenehiseoreherebiologicalesexeandepreferredepsychologicalean
desocialegendereroleseisereferredetoeas
a. genderedysfunctional.
b. homosexual.
c. transsexual.
d. bisexual.
ANS:e C DIF: Moderate REF:e Modulee10.1e MSC:e TYPE:eFact
9. Michelleeexperiencesesucheaedeepeconflictebetweeneherebiologicalesexeofemaleeandeherepreferrede
gendereroleeaseaefemaleethatesheehadeaesurgicaleoperationetoebecomeefemale.eMichelle
a. haseaegendereparaphilia.
b. haveeaesexualedysfunction.
c. wouldebeeconsideredetranssexual.
d. wouldebeeconsideredebisexual.
ANS:e C DIF: Moderate REF:e Modulee10.1e MSC:e TYPE:eApplication
10. AlthougheGabeestartedeoutelifeebiologicallyeaseaefemaleenamedeGabrielle,eheealwaysefeltethatepsy
chologicallyeheewasemale,esoeheehadeaesexechangeeoperationeandenoweliveseaseaemale.eGabe
a. haseaegendereparaphila.
b. wouldebeeconsideredetranssexual.
c. wouldebeeconsideredebisexual.
d. wouldebeeconsideredehomosexual.
ANS:e B DIF: Moderate REF:e Modulee10.1e MSC:e TYPE:eApplication
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11. ProfessoreConstantineeisediscussingetheefouredimensionseofesexewithehisepsychologyeclass.e
WhichepairewouldeheeNOTediscuss?
a. geneticesexeandegenitalesex
b. androgynousesexeandeinheritedesex
c. genitalesexeandegonadalesex
d. hormonalesexeandegenitalesex
ANS:e B DIF: Moderate
REF:e Modulee10.1e KEY:e *eMSC:e TYPE:eApplica
tion
12. TheedimensioneofesexethaterefersetoeXeandeYechromosomeseisec
alled
a. gonadalesex.
b. inheritedesex.
c. genitalesex.
d. geneticesex.
ANS:e D DIF: Easy REF:e Modulee10.1e MSC:e TYPE:eFact
13. Concerningegeneticesex,efemalesenormallyehaveewhiche
chromosomalecombination?
a. XXY
b. XY
c. XX
d. XYY
ANS:e C DIF: Moderate
REF:e Modulee10.1e KEY:e *eMSC:e TYPE:eFact
14. Concerningegeneticesex,emalesenormallyehaveewhichec
hromosomalecombination?
a. XXY
b. XY
c. XX
d. XXX
ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF:e Modulee10.1e KEY:e *
MSC: TYPE:eFact
15. Mrs.eHathorne,eaehigheschoolebiologyeteacher,eiseexplainingetoehereclassethatethee23rdepaireofechr
omosomeseisedifferenteinemaleseandefemales.eMalesehaveeaneXY,eandefemalesehaveeaneXX.eMrs.e
Hathorneeisedescribingewhichedimensioneofesex?
a. androgyny
b. gendereidentity
c. geneticesex
d. genitalesex
ANS:e C DIF: Easy REF:e Modulee10.1e MSC:e TYPE:eApplication
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