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SOC 132 Final: Understanding Gender Roles, Sexual Scripts, and Cultural Perceptions: A Sociological Analysis

Explores gender roles, cultural norms, and social behaviors.

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    SOC 132 Final : Understanding Gender Roles, Sexual Scripts, and Cultural Perceptions: A Sociological Analysis Question 1 (Worth 10 points) Jeff is surprised anytime someone disagrees with his opinion on an important topic because on some level he expects everyone to have the same values he has. Jeff's belief illustrates ethnomania. egocentric fallacy. This is a correct answer ethnocentric fallacy. egomania. Points earned on this question : 10 Question 2 (Worth 10 points) The traditional female sexual script includes all of the following assumptions EXCEPT sex is both good and bad. men should know what women want. there are many right ways to experience orgasm. This is a correct answer women shouldn't talk about sex. Points earned on this question : 0 Question 3 (Worth 10 points)

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    Four large national probability samples from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicate that the 1990s saw a shift in adolescent sexual activity toward greater responsibility and restraint. This is a correct answer greater responsibility but less restraint. more risky sexual behaviors. less responsibility and less restraint. Points earned on this question : 0 Question 4 (Worth 10 points) All of the following are true of traditional sexual scripts EXCEPT they are eventually thrown away. This is a correct answer are most powerful during adolescence. as children and adolescents they are learned primarily from parents, peers and the media. as we get older, interactions with our partners become increasingly important. Points earned on this question : 10 Question 5 (Worth 10 points) Kate has not seen or heard from her mother since Hurricane Katrina hit the Louisiana town where her mother lived. She does not know for sure if her mother is dead or alive. Kate feels her mother's psychological presence even though she is not physically with her. Pauline Boss uses the term ____ to describe what Kate is feeling. mental illness

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    delusional affect ambiguous loss This is a correct answer trauma - induced psychosis Points earned on this question : 10 Question 6 (Worth 10 points) Carlos is Roberto's compadre. This means that Carlos is Roberto's friend. brother. godparent. This is a correct answer grandparent. Points earned on this question : 0 Question 7 (Worth 10 points) A set of expectations on how one is to behave sexually is called sexual philosophy. sexual experience. sexual script. This is a correct answer sexual myth. Points earned on this question : 10

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    Question 8 (Worth 10 points) Until the last generation, a(n) ____ was the dominant model used to explain male - female differences. multifactor gender role unipolar gender role bipolar gender role This is a correct answer continuum gender role Points earned on this question : 0 Question 9 (Worth 10 points) ____ refer to the beliefs we have of ourselves and others regarding appropriate male and female personality traits and activities. Gender roles Gender - role stereotypes Gender - role attitudes This is a correct answer Gender - role behaviors Points earned on this question : 10 Question 10 (Worth 10 points) Actual activities we engage in as males and females are known as

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    gender roles. gender - role stereotypes. gender - role attitudes. gender - role behaviors. This is a correct answer Points earned on this question : 10 Question 11 (Worth 10 points) Mother only familes are more likely to be poor than are two parent families. True This is a correct answer False Points earned on this question : 10 Question 12 (Worth 10 points) Feelings commonly associated with love according to Zick Rubin are needing, caring, tolerating, trusting. This is a correct answer trusting, happiness, desire, caring. caring, desiring, trusting, needing. happiness, caring, trusting, respect. Points earned on this question : 10

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    Question 13 (Worth 10 points) All of the following statements are true regarding gender differences in communication EXCEPT wives tend to send clearer messages than husbands. husbands tend to set the emotional tone of an argument. This is a correct answer wives tend to use emotional appeals more than husbands. husbands tend to give neutral messages or to withdraw. Points earned on this question : 0 Question 14 (Worth 10 points) A statement such as "Everyone should get married" is an example of a value judgment. This is a correct answer an objective statement. an ethnocentric fallacy. a stereotype. Points earned on this question : 10 Question 15 (Worth 10 points) Older husbands and wives engage in less frequent conflict. True This is a correct answer

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    False Points earned on this question : 10 Question 16 (Worth 10 points) Kate decided to leave her husband because she believed she was putting much more into the relationship than she was getting out of it. Kate's decision to leave was affected by the balance of costs and benefits. This is a correct answer normative inputs. structural constraints. obsessing over the relationship. Points earned on this question : 10 Question 17 (Worth 10 points) Restricting people to spouses from within their same group (tribe, race, or religion) is know as endogamy. True This is a correct answer False Points earned on this question : 10 Question 18 (Worth 10 points) The rules of critical thinking call for personal experience.

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