Deck 14: Maleness and Femaleness

Question 1

Both men and women view messages that are _______ as the most effective and supportive way of helping someone in emotional distress.

A) highly person-centered
B) low in person-centeredness
C) highly feminine
D) highly masculine

Answer 1

A

Question 2

When a baby is born, the doctor holds up the child for the parents to see and says, "Congratulations, it looks like you have a healthy baby boy!" What aspect of maleness-femaleness is the doctor specifically referring to?

A) The baby's psychological gender
B) The baby's biological sex
C) The baby's gender ideology
D) The baby's gender role orientation

Answer 2

B

Question 3

People who endorse both stereotypically male and female characteristics are considered _______.

A) masculine
B) feminine
C) androgynous
D) undifferentiated

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Current research suggests that men and women are _______ in how they provide and respond to supportive communication.

A) dramatically different
B) absolutely identical
C) more similar than they are different
D) quite opposite

Question 5

The idea that men and women possess different interpersonal standards and values, approach their relationships from different perspectives, and belong to different "speech communities" is associated with the _______.

A) different cultures thesis
B) differential ability/motivation model
C) "men are from Earth, women are from Venus" hypothesis
D) social context model

Question 6

When a person's biological sex "matches" his or her psychological gender, researchers often describe that person as _______.

A) androgynous
B) genderized
C) undifferentiated
D) sex-typed

Question 7

Research suggests that _______ men and women are more willing to self-disclose and have better relationship outcomes than _______ men and women.

A) sex-typed; androgynous
B) androgynous; sex-typed
C) masculine; feminine
D) undifferentiated; sex-typed

Question 8

Which one of the following sex differences in communication and self-disclosure has been documented by researchers?

A) Men are less likely than women to interrupt conversation partners.
B) Women tend to talk about nonpersonal topics, and men tend to talk about personal topics.
C) Men are less likely to maintain conversational equality than women.
D) Women engage in less conversational maintenance than men.

Question 9

Research suggests that couples with _______ experience lower relationship satisfaction than couples with _______.

A) an androgynous gender ideology; a sex-typed gender ideology
B) psychological gender; sex role orientation
C) expressive traits; instrumental traits
D) traditional gender role attitudes; egalitarian gender role attitudes

Question 10

Current research suggests that both men and women tend to provide support to someone in distress in which of the following ways?

A) Assigning blame and expressing irritation
B) Minimizing the situation and shaming the other
C) Asking questions and seeking information
D) Providing advice and expressing sympathy

Question 11

The concept of biological sex refers to . . .

A) A person's sex chromosomes, sex hormones, gonads, and genitalia
B) Whether a person claims a masculine or feminine identity
C) Whether a person's anatomy matches his or her gender identity
D) A person's belief that he or she possesses masculine or feminine characteristics

Question 12

Which of the following aspects of communication is more likely to be demonstrated by men than by women?

A) Conversational maintenance
B) Conversational dominance
C) Conversational equality
D) Conversational responsiveness

Question 13

Which one of the following four heterosexual married couples is likely to experience the highest level of marital adjustment?

A) Undifferentiated wife and masculine husband
B) Androgynous wife and androgynous husband
C) Feminine wife and masculine husband
D) Masculine wife and undifferentiated husband

Question 14

Person A completes the Bem Sex Role Inventory, selecting the following items as most self-descriptive: competitive, self-reliant, independent, and assertive. Person A would be considered _______.

A) feminine
B) masculine
C) androgynous
D) undifferentiated

Question 15

Biology is to sex as psychology is to _______.

A) sexual orientation
B) marital status
C) traditionalism
D) gender

Question 16

Person B completes the Bem Sex Role Inventory, selecting the following items as most self-descriptive: shy, affectionate, tender, and warm. Person B would be considered _______.

A) androgynous
B) masculine
C) feminine
D) undifferentiated

Question 17

_______ refers to whether a person claims a masculine or feminine identity and possesses traits or characteristics that are believed to be associated with and that are considered socially appropriate for each biological sex.

A) Psychological gender
B) Sex
C) Sexual orientation
D) Maleness-femaleness

Question 18

Which of the following behaviors expresses conversational responsiveness?

A) Looking away
B) Expressing oneself forcefully
C) Head nodding
D) Interrupting

Question 19

Which one of the following individuals would be considered sex-typed or traditional with respect to gender or gender role orientation?

A) Frank, who views himself as possessing mostly instrumental attributes
B) Greta, who views herself as possessing a mix of instrumental and expressive attributes
C) Henry, who views himself as possessing mostly expressive attributes
D) Ivan, who views himself as possessing a mix of instrumental and expressive attributes

Question 20

The idea that as a result of socialization, women develop greater skill than men at providing emotionally supportive and intimate communication behavior is part of the _______.

A) different cultures thesis
B) different worlds view
C) separate lives hypothesis
D) differential ability/motivation model