HDFS 2000 - EXAM 2 QUESTIONS + ANSWERS
T or f: gender and biological sex ARE related - Answer -false; are NOT
Socially constructed characteristics of what it means to be feminine or masculine - Answer -
gender
How do social scientists treat gender? - Answer -as a spectrum (feminine on one end, masculine
on the other, androgynous in the middle)
Because gender is socially constructed, it changes across _____ and _____. - Answer -cultures
and time
Sense of ourselves as a certain gender - Answer -gender identity
The role a person is expected to perform as a result of being male or female - Answer -gendered
roles
T or f: gendered roles are a result of gender identity - Answer -true
Belief that males and females possess distinct psychological and behavioral traits - Answer -
gender stereotypes
Process by which we learn what behaviors, demeanor, and temperament are expected - Answer -
gender socialization
In the US, when do we start socializing gender? - Answer -before we are born
Emphasizes learning behaviors from others through rewards and punishments and modeling -
Answer -social learning theory
Gender is learned through reinforcement and modeling - Answer -cognitive development theory
By age ___ you can correctly identify other's gender identities. - Answer -2
By age ___ you can understand that gender is permanent. - Answer -6 or 7
Both social learning theory and cognitive development theory emphasize what? - Answer -learning
gendered behavior from others
Social learning theory emphasized what? - Answer -active teaching
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T or f: gender and biological sex ARE related - Answer -false; are NOT
Socially constructed characteristics of what it means to be feminine or masculine - Answer -
gender
How do social scientists treat gender? - Answer -as a spectrum (feminine on one end, masculine
on the other, androgynous in the middle)
Because gender is socially constructed, it changes across _____ and _____. - Answer -cultures
and time
Sense of ourselves as a certain gender - Answer -gender identity
The role a person is expected to perform as a result of being male or female - Answer -gendered
roles
T or f: gendered roles are a result of gender identity - Answer -true
Belief that males and females possess distinct psychological and behavioral traits - Answer -
gender stereotypes
Process by which we learn what behaviors, demeanor, and temperament are expected - Answer -
gender socialization
In the US, when do we start socializing gender? - Answer -before we are born
Emphasizes learning behaviors from others through rewards and punishments and modeling -
Answer -social learning theory
Gender is learned through reinforcement and modeling - Answer -cognitive development theory
By age ___ you can correctly identify other's gender identities. - Answer -2
By age ___ you can understand that gender is permanent. - Answer -6 or 7
Both social learning theory and cognitive development theory emphasize what? - Answer -learning
gendered behavior from others
Social learning theory emphasized what? - Answer -active teaching
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