Deck 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture

Question 1

The meaning of masculinity and femininity in our lives is affected by

A) our age
B) our race
C) our interactions with others
D) the historical time period in which we live
E) all of the above

Answer 1

E

Question 2

There are two distinct genders,female and male.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The Industrial Revolution led to the redefinition of masculinity and femininity.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Society,family,and friends teach us what it means to be male and female.

Question 5

Researchers have found that views of gender generally remain consistent over the average person's life-span.

Question 6

A professor says to a student,"I will not accept your paper after 5 pm today." The content level of meaning in this message is that

A) the professor is open to negotiation.
B) the professor feels s/he has to explain the policy to the student.
C) the professor can exercise power over the student.
D) the professor feels s/he has greater status than the student.
E) the professor won't accept the paper after 5 pm today.

Question 7

Hermaphrodite is the preferred word for people who have male and female sex organs.

Question 8

Rick was born with male and female sex organs.Which of the following is the best term to describe Rick as a person with biological qualities of a male and a female?

A) transsexuals
B) intersexed
C) transgendered
D) gender rebels
E) dualsexed

Question 9

Information about sex,gender,and communication is best gleaned through

A) quantitative research methods
B) qualitative research methods
C) critical research methods
D) mixed research methods.
E) each of the methods above offers useful insights into sex, gender, and communication.

Question 10

Your Gendered Lives book includes a text box outlining transgendered activism on college campuses.Students emphasized the connection between language and identity by creating ways of identifying themselves and others that did not specify gender.The word "ze" is:

A) a pronoun representing masculine and feminine people.
B) a verb representing transformation.
C) a description of a person who is transgendered.
D) a description of a person who is androgynous.
E) a description of a person who is transsexual.

Question 11

Historically and in all cultures,women have been the primary caretakers of young children.

Question 12

Most transsexuals experience a change in their sexual orientation after transitioning.

Question 13

Which of the following persons would be accurately described as "cisgendered?"

A) A person born as a biological female who embodies both masculine and feminine characteristics.
B) A biological male who prefers romantic and sexual relationships with biological males.
C) A biological female who identifies as female and feminine.
D) A biological female who enjoys dressing in men's clothing.
E) A person whose biological sex is inconsistent with their gender identity.

Question 14

Identify the following:

-Content and relational levels of meaning

Question 15

Identify the following:

-Essentializing

Question 16

Androgyny is a term describing individuals who "feel their biological sex is wrong¾that they are really women trapped in men's bodies or men trapped in women's bodies."

Question 17

Gender identity is the same thing as one's biological sex.

Question 18

The term patriarchy literally means ____.

A) oppression of females.
B) from male standpoint.
C) rule by the fathers.
D) government by men.
E) all of the above.

Question 19

Yan Bing and Dianna are college students discussing how they each define "cheating" in a romantic relationship.Yan Bing considers flirting during an IM conversation cheating,but Dianna thinks cheating only involves physical contact.Later,they continue the discussion with friends over dinner.This scenario best describes which of the following?

A) Communication is a dynamic and contextual.
B) Communication is gendered.
C) Yan Bing and Dianna are exhibiting feminine styles of communication.
D) Content level of meaning and relationship level of meaning are not the same thing.
E) All of the above.

Question 20

Which of these chromosomal patterns has/have been found in people our society labels male?

A) XXX
B) XX0
C) XYY
D) X0
E) none of these

Question 21

Popular psychology books often profile the behaviors and characteristics of the "opposite sexes." Based on your understanding of material from chapter 1,how would you critique this labeling of men and women? Make sure your answer demonstrates your understanding of essentializing,androgyny,and sex and gender.
The framework for the answer to this essay may be found throughout chapter 1.

Question 22

Identify the following:

-Transsexual

Question 23

Define levels of meaning in communication and provide a concrete example of each level of meaning.

Question 24

Identify the following:

-Cisgendered

Question 25

What is the difference between being transgendered and transsexual?

Question 26

Unlike sex,gender is a relational concept.Explain what this means and the implications of it,and give an example that illustrates your point.

Question 27

Identify the following:

-Androgyny

Question 28

What does it mean to say,"meanings are constructed through human interaction with symbols"? Why is this significant for our understanding of gender?

Question 29

Identify the following:

-Intersexed

Question 30

Identify the following:

-Gender

Question 31

The author of your Gendered Lives text states,"Gender,culture,and communication are interlinked....Because this is so,we cannot study any one of them without understanding a good deal about the other two." Explain what Wood means by this statement.How do these elements mutually influence one another?

Question 32

Identify the following:

-Symbols

Question 33

Identify the following:

-Sex

Question 34

Identify the following:

-Patriarchy