Chapter 5 & 7 Review

Which of the following concepts is illustrated by parents purchasing mostly pink items for their daughters?

• gender identity

• gender socialization

• gender expression

• sex preference

The outward social expression of someone’s biological sex is

• sex identity

• gender

• sex selection

• gender oppression

The term for the biological category of male and female, based on anatomy and physiology, is

• sex selection

• gender

• sex

• gender expression

Sex and gender are different in that

• sex cannot tell us much about one’s genes, but gender can.

• gender reminds us that males and females are biological opposites

• sex is the more useful of the two terms.

• gender refers to the social role based on one’s categorical sex.

Which of the following illustrates the ways that women are depicted to be the weaker sex?

• images that show women as more broad-shouldered than men

• photographs in which women appear to be the same height as men

• a researcher comparing the athletic performance of women and men

• images that portray husbands taller than their wives

The ways in which parents dress their children are significant because

• those ways help transform biological sexual differences into social gender identities

• everyone wants to wear the latest styles.

• physical activity level helps determine the types of clothing available for children.

• personal expression matters more than any other element in forming gender identity.

When a person’s chromosomal composition does not correspond with their sexual anatomy, it is known as being

• intersexed.

• socialized

• androgynous

• multisexed

A person’s sexual identity

• is never a source of anxiety.

• develops as children start to interact with others

• is assigned to all children at birth.

• will have little impact on one’s future relationships

The most common “disorder of sexual development” is_________ _. This condition occurs when children whose genetics indicate they are female develop ambiguous genitalia as a result of excess androgens while in the uterus.

• congenital adrenal hyperplasia

• androgen insensitivity

• socially constructed insensitivity

• gender selection

A gender approach in which someone is labeled or identifies as neither exclusively masculine nor exclusively feminine is

• likely to lead to confusion for children.

• likely to promote difficulty in personal relations

• referred to as an androgynous approach

• a new idea practiced by modern parents