Sociology Chapter 13 Review

Men show greater____ ability than women; women show greater ____ ability than men.

• intellectual; sensory
• verbal; mathematical
• mathematical; verbal
• scientific: cognitive

In observing children at play, Janet Lever concluded that:

• boys favor games with clear winners and losers
• gender has little effect on young children
• boys favor games that develop communication and cooperation
• play is one part of children’s lives that gender does not seem to affect

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• On average, males outlive females by 10 years
• On average, males are 10 percent taller than females
• On average, males are 20 percent heavier than females
• On average, males are 30 percent stronger than females

What is the term for social organization in which males dominate females?

• monarchy
• patriarchy
• gerontocracy
• oligarchy

Which of the following statements is most accurate?

• Men and women differ physically in some limited ways
• Overall, men are superior to women
• Overall, women are superior to men
• There are no physical differences between men and women

Gender refers to:

• the degree of inequality between men and women in society.
• the personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being female and male
• people’s sexual orientation
• the secondary sex characteristidcs of individuals

What is the form of social organization in which females dominate males?

• patriarchy
• monarchy
• matriarchy
• oligarchy

Margaret Mead’s research on gender in three societies in New Guinea illustrates that:

• all societies define masculinity in much the same way
• all societies define femininity in much the same way
• what is feminine to one society may be masculine to another
• 20. all societies display changing gender definitions

In global perspective, women’s social power is lowest in societies on which continent?

• Europe
• North America
• Africa
• South America

In the United States in 2000, women in the labor force working full time earned____ as much as men working full time?

• 93 percent
• 83 percent
• 73 percent
• 63 percent