Question 1

Margaret Mead's work showed that women in industrialized nations have broken the glass ceiling.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

According to a detailed overview of the status of the world's women issued by the World Bank in 2012, the lives of girls and women have

Accepted Answer

A)  remained the largely same over the past 50 years. 
B)  have changed dramatically over the past 25 years. 
C)  have significantly worsened over the past 50 years. 
D)  none of these

Question 3

Which perspective is criticized because it does not convincingly explain why men should be categorically assigned to the instrumental role and women to the expressive role?

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalist perspective 
B)  conflict perspective 
C)  interactionist perspective 
D)  feminist perspective

Question 4

A young boy in a child care facility already realizes that some people are females and some people are males, and he plays only with other little boys. In addition, he likes to wear the same kinds of clothes that they wear. He is responding to the cultural construction of

Accepted Answer

A)  gender roles. 
B)  gender differentiation. 
C)  gender understanding. 
D)  instrumental roles.

Question 5

Which of the following is true as of 2012?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women uniformly earn the same amount of money as men for doing the same job. 
B)  Women uniformly earn more than men for doing the same job. 
C)  In many parts of the world, women still lag far behind men in their earnings and in their ability to speak out politically. 
D)  In most parts of the world, women have achieved parity with men in their ability to speak out politically.

Question 6

A gender role is the self-realization an individual has about being male or female.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The work of Margaret Mead

Accepted Answer

A)  claimed that gender roles are biologically determined. 
B)  illustrated that gender roles are the products of culture and socialization. 
C)  studied the inequality between adults and children in three groups of people in Pakistan. 
D)  illustrated instrumental and expressive roles in a cross-cultural setting.

Question 8

Nora is hired along with three men by a recording company. Over time, the men are all promoted to managerial positions. Nora, who appears to be an equally productive worker, is still in her entry-level position. This could be an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  "double jeopardy". 
B)  the glass ceiling. 
C)  the iron law of oligarchy. 
D)  all of these

Question 9

Functionalists, conflict, and feminist theorists acknowledge it is not possible to change gender roles drastically without dramatic revisions in a culture's social structure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Feminist sociologists

Accepted Answer

A)  would find little to disagree with in the functionalist perspective. 
B)  would argue that the very discussion of women and society, however well meaning, has been distorted by the exclusion of women from academic thought, including sociology. 
C)  argue that sociologists have exploited women by using them as the subject for more than half the studies conducted during the last 50 years. 
D)  all of these

Question 11

Institutional discrimination is present in which United States institutions?

Accepted Answer

A)  the armed forces and universities 
B)  large corporations and the medical establishment 
C)  the media 
D)  all of these

Question 12

Which one of the following is an example of conforming to a traditional gender role in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mary is a physician. 
B)  Betty, a 6-year old, plays with trucks and action figures. 
C)  Sally feeds her doll a bottle. 
D)  All of these

Question 13

Studies of children's books published between the 1970s and 1990s found males still dominated the central roles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Margaret Mead's work from 1935 proved that gender-roles do not vary greatly from environment, economy, or political system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

According to the text, we are likely to assume either consciously or unconsciously that parental duties are

Accepted Answer

A)  babysitter duties. 
B)  paternal duties. 
C)  maternal duties. 
D)  family responsibilities.

Question 16

Simple day-to-day verbal exchanges between males and females are a battleground in the struggle for sexual equality, as women and girls try to "get a word in edgewise" in the midst of interruptions and verbal dominance by males. Which perspective would focus on this issue?

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalist perspective 
B)  conflict perspective 
C)  interactionist perspective 
D)  dramaturgical perspective

Question 17

Which of the following would best illustrate the expressive role in U.S. society, as developed by Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tim is a sensitive man who often cries during sad movies. 
B)  Marsha, a new employee at a day care center, is praised by her boss for being warm and nurturing to the young children. 
C)  On dates, Al is very talkative and shares his innermost feelings with his date. 
D)  Kevin, a construction worker, firmly makes most of the decisions at home, and he has the final say in disciplinary matters.

Question 18

The concept of expressiveness, as used by Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales, refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  the behavior of men and women in small work groups. 
B)  an emphasis on tasks, a focus on more distant goals, and a concern for the external relationship. between one's family and other social institutions 
C)  the symbolic interactionist approach to male and female behavior. 
D)  an emphasis on maintaining harmony and the internal emotional affairs of the family.

Question 19

Recent studies show which of the following regarding gender roles.

Accepted Answer

A)  They are biologically determined rather than socially constructed 
B)  They are socially constructed very differently from women's gender roles. 
C)  There has been little change in the traditional male gender role. 
D)  All of these

Question 20

Which of the following would be the best illustration of the expressive role in U.S. society, as developed by Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales?

Accepted Answer

A)  A newly married woman keeps a spotless apartment and cooks beautiful gourmet meals. 
B)  On Saturday, Bill does not need to go into the office, and he uses this time to mow the lawn and tune the engine of his wife's car. 
C)  On dates, Al is very talkative and shares his innermost feelings with his date. 
D)  Lucy works as a nurse, but she makes sure that she keeps the apartment clean and has a nice meal on the table for her husband.

Exam 7: Inequality by Gender

Margaret Mead's work showed that women in industrialized nations have broken the glass ceiling.

According to a detailed overview of the status of the world's women issued by the World Bank in 2012, the lives of girls and women have

Which perspective is criticized because it does not convincingly explain why men should be categorically assigned to the instrumental role and women to the expressive role?

A young boy in a child care facility already realizes that some people are females and some people are males, and he plays only with other little boys. In addition, he likes to wear the same kinds of clothes that they wear. He is responding to the cultural construction of

Which of the following is true as of 2012?

A gender role is the self-realization an individual has about being male or female.

The work of Margaret Mead

Nora is hired along with three men by a recording company. Over time, the men are all promoted to managerial positions. Nora, who appears to be an equally productive worker, is still in her entry-level position. This could be an example of

Functionalists, conflict, and feminist theorists acknowledge it is not possible to change gender roles drastically without dramatic revisions in a culture's social structure.

Feminist sociologists

Institutional discrimination is present in which United States institutions?

Which one of the following is an example of conforming to a traditional gender role in the United States?

Studies of children's books published between the 1970s and 1990s found males still dominated the central roles.

Margaret Mead's work from 1935 proved that gender-roles do not vary greatly from environment, economy, or political system.

According to the text, we are likely to assume either consciously or unconsciously that parental duties are

Simple day-to-day verbal exchanges between males and females are a battleground in the struggle for sexual equality, as women and girls try to "get a word in edgewise" in the midst of interruptions and verbal dominance by males. Which perspective would focus on this issue?

Which of the following would best illustrate the expressive role in U.S. society, as developed by Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales?

The concept of expressiveness, as used by Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales, refers to:

Recent studies show which of the following regarding gender roles.

Which of the following would be the best illustration of the expressive role in U.S. society, as developed by Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales?