Question 1

______ is a condition in which an individual's sexual fantasies, urges, or behaviors involve cross-dressing, and also cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of function.

Accepted Answer

Transvestic fetishism is characterized by sexual fantasies, urges, or behaviors involving cross-dressing that cause significant distress or impairment in important areas of functioning. This condition is distinct from being intersex, transgender, or gender nonconforming, which relate to gender identity and biological differences rather than specific sexual behaviors or fetishes.

Question 2

______ is an aversion to homosexuality, and gays, lesbians, bisexual, and gender-variant individuals.

Accepted Answer

Homophobia is the correct term that describes an aversion to homosexuality and individuals who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or gender-variant.

Question 3

______ is an aversion toward bisexuality and bisexual people as a social group or as individuals.

Accepted Answer

Biphobia is the correct term that describes an aversion toward bisexuality and bisexual people, encompassing negative attitudes and feelings towards them either as a group or as individuals.

Question 4

______ is the prejudice and resulting discrimination based on the views of sex or gender, especially against women and girls.

Accepted Answer

Sexism is the correct term for prejudice and discrimination based on sex or gender, particularly when directed against women and girls.

Question 5

Studies across the globe show that violent behavior is more common in ______.

Accepted Answer

Research and statistics consistently indicate that men are more likely to engage in violent behavior compared to women, children, and the elderly. This trend is observed across various cultures and societies worldwide.

Question 6

What are the two major clusters of gender roles that have appeared across most cultural groups?

Accepted Answer

Masculine and feminine roles are the two major clusters of gender roles that have appeared across most cultural groups, reflecting societal expectations for behavior, activities, and attitudes typically associated with men and women.

Question 7

What were gender roles in history typically about?

Accepted Answer

Gender roles in history were typically about the activities an individual should have performed, often based on societal norms and expectations related to their gender.

Question 8

About how many Americans identify as transgender?

Accepted Answer

Recent estimates suggest that approximately 0.6% of American adults identify as transgender, which is roughly equivalent to one in every 450 Americans.

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a major conclusion drawn by evolutionary research on gender and sex?

Accepted Answer

The statement that all behaviors are genetically programmed is not a major conclusion drawn by evolutionary research on gender and sex. Evolutionary research suggests that while some predispositions for behaviors may be genetically programmed, many behaviors are also influenced by environmental factors and social learning.

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a typical example of androgyny?

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

Which of the following is a quality LEAST traditionally associated with masculinity?

Accepted Answer

Emotionality is traditionally considered a quality less associated with masculinity, as societal norms often encourage men to be stoic and less open about their emotions.

Question 12

Which of the following is a quality least traditionally associated with femininity?

Accepted Answer

Assertiveness is traditionally less associated with femininity compared to emotionality, nurturing, and beauty, which are more stereotypically linked to feminine qualities in many cultures.

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT describing a component of gender?

Accepted Answer

Gender primarily refers to the roles, behaviors, activities, expectations, and societal norms associated with being male or female in a given society, rather than the biological aspects such as glands and hormones, which are components of sex rather than gender.

Question 14

Which of the following refers to the anatomical and psychological characteristics or features of males and females?

Accepted Answer

Sex refers to the biological differences between males and females, such as the genitalia and genetic differences.

Question 15

Who was the Austro German psychiatrist and 1886 author of Psychopathia Sexualis, a book about sexuality in which heterosexuality was considered normal and homosexuality was pathological?

Accepted Answer

Richard von Krafft-Ebbing was the Austro-German psychiatrist who authored "Psychopathia Sexualis" in 1886, a seminal work in the field of sexual pathology where he classified homosexuality as a pathology, contrasting it with heterosexuality, which he considered normal.

Question 16

When viewing gender as a social category, what are the two gender dimensions?

Accepted Answer

Gender as a social category involves internal and external dimensions. The internal dimension refers to an individual's gender identity, which is their personal sense of their own gender. The external dimension involves the social roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women.

Question 17

What is an individual's self-determination as being male, female, intersex, or neither?

Accepted Answer

Gender identity refers to an individual's personal sense of their own gender, whether that be male, female, intersex, a blend of both, or neither, and can align with or differ from the sex they were assigned at birth.

Question 18

Which of the following refers to prescriptions and expectations assigned to genders on the female-male continuum?

Accepted Answer

Gender roles refer to the societal norms and expectations assigned to individuals based on their perceived gender, dictating how they should behave, dress, and engage within their communities.

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a major factor contributing to the preservation of gender roles?

Accepted Answer

Scientific advancements, unlike religion, art, and ideology, do not inherently contribute to the preservation of gender roles. Instead, they often challenge traditional roles through new discoveries and technologies that can lead to social change.

Question 20

Which of the following was an American psychologist who was among the first to find evidence that women's performance on cognitive, perceptual, and motor tasks was consistently similar to that of males?

Accepted Answer

Leta Hollingworth was a pioneering psychologist who conducted early research challenging the prevailing beliefs of her time about gender differences in intelligence. She found that women's cognitive abilities were not inferior to those of men, which was a significant contribution to the field of psychology and to the understanding of gender equality.

Quiz 11: The Gender Domain