Gender and Society Test Preparation
Course Introduction
This course examines the complex ways in which gender shapes, and is shaped by, social structures, institutions, and cultural norms. Students will explore historical and contemporary perspectives on gender identity, expression, and roles, analyzing how gender intersects with race, class, sexuality, and other aspects of identity. Through sociological theories, case studies, and current issues, the course will encourage critical thinking about topics like gender socialization, inequality, activism, and the impact of globalization on gender relations. The course aims to help students understand and critically evaluate the implications of gender in shaping individual experiences and broader societal patterns.
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Choices in Relationships An Introduction to Marriage and the Family 11th Edition by David Knox
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Chapter 1: Choices in Relationships: an Introduction
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Q1) The family life course development framework emphasizes:
A)how families change over time
B)alternative family forms
C)generational patterns in family dynamics
D)the comparative study of families across cultures
Answer: A
Q2) The Oneida Community of the 19<sup>th</sup> and 20<sup>th</sup> century is known for:
A)homogamy
B)polygyny
C)polyandry
D)pantagamy
Answer: D
Q3) The family you begin when you marry and have children is your:
A)family of origin
B)family of orientation
C)monogamous family
D)family of procreation
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Gender
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Q1) Religion influences gender roles in that religion promotes:
A)a patriarchal system of dominance of men over women
B)a cooperative pattern of traditional equality in the male-female relationship
C)a matriarchal system modeled after the Mother of Jesus
D)progressive equality as God intended for men and women
Answer: A
Q2) A father who punishes his sons for dressing like their mother reflects the ____ gender theory.
A)social learning
B)cognitive-developmental
C)sociobiological
D)identification
Answer: A
Q3) When ninth grade children watch "romantic" TV (e.g., soaps, Lifetime movies), they are:
A)more likely to develop egalitarian gender role attitudes
B)more likely to develop traditional gender role attitudes
C)more likely to develop tolerance for transgender people
D)more likely to develop a blend of matriarchal and patriarchal attitudes
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Love
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Q1) When men say "I love you," they use the phrase, more often than women, ____.
A)as a ploy to get the partner to become more emotionally involved
B)as a ploy to get the partner to have sex
C)as a ploy to get the partner to commit
D)none of the above
Answer: B
Q2) Involvement in a romantic relationship:
A)is associated with increasing one's happiness only if the person is an introvert
B)is associated with increasing one's happiness only if the person is an extrovert
C)is associated with increasing one's happiness independent of one's personality
D)is associated with increasing one's happiness only if the person is bipolar
Answer: C
Q3) In Asian cultures, the theme of ____ focuses on family and altruism.
A)collectivism
B)socialism
C)communism
D)individualism
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Communication
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Q1) Which of the following is not identified in your text as a function of texting?
A)commencing a relationship
B)advancing a relationship
C)ending a relationship
D)maintaining a relationship
Q2) The perception of the division of labor upsets partners more than the actual division of labor.
A)True
B)False
Q3) More communication is in what people don't say (nonverbal) than what they say (verbal).
A)True
B)False
Q4) Identify the demographic characteristics of individuals who keep secrets in romantic relationships.
Q5) Summarize the extent to which couples send sexual content in text messages and the effects of this conduct on their relationships.
Q6) What are the steps in resolving a disagreement?
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Chapter 5: Singlehood, Hanging Out, Hooking Up, and Cohabitation
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Q1) Which of the following is the most frequent behavior when hooking up, according to the Stanford University Social Life Survey?
A)kissing
B)fellatio
C)intercourse
D)cunnilingus
Q2) Discuss why some elderly widows would rather live with a new partner than marry.
Q3) Children born to unmarried cohabitants:
A)are known to the IRS as illegitimate
B)may not inherit from their parents
C)do not qualify for child support
D)are legitimate, can inherit, and are due support
Q4) What is meant by "The End of Men"?
Q5) Cohabitants who plan to live together and never marry are:
A)rare
B)the most frequent type of cohabiters
C)rapidly increasing in frequency
D)just as frequent as those who live together and have a marriage date
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Q6) Discuss the degree to which one's "moral commitment" helps a long distance relationship survive.
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Chapter 6: Selecting a Partner
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Q1) A person who prays does not care if his/her date or mate does so or not.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The more that spouses have in common:
A)the greater the marital distress
B)the greater the marital happiness and stability
C)the more bored the couple
D)the more likely one of them is to have an affair
Q3) Which of the following is not a reason for state mandated marriage education not being taken seriously by couples?
A)They believe the love myth that divorce is something that happens to other people.
B)They believe the love myth that their love will overcome all obstacles.
C)They are narcotized by love for each other and view such instruction as silly.
D)None apply - individuals feel they know what they need to know about marriage.
Q4) With regard to mate selection, women who are known as a "drunk" or a "stoner":
A)have difficulty finding partners
B)have no difficulty finding partners since they can hide their substance abuse
C)have other personality flaws which substance abuse hides
D)have lost their interest in a life partner
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Chapter 7: Marriage Relationships
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Q1) Not living by one's own rules is what new spouses say they miss most about singlehood.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How does social class influence the person you select as a marriage partner?
Q3) Compared to the "family oriented 1960s":
A)parents today spend more time in child care activities
B)parents spend less time in child care activities
C)mothers are more dominant than fathers
D)grandmothers are more dominant than grandfathers
Q4) Discuss the symbolism of smashing the glass in the Jewish wedding.
Q5) Discuss the various patterns of marital satisfaction across time.
Q6) What are the advantages and disadvantages of age-discrepant marriages?
Q7) Discuss how black and white fraternity men treat women.
Q8) "Not so soon, not so many" is the norm with regard to children in this country:
A)America
B)Kenya
C)Holland
D)Canada
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Chapter 8: Same-Sex Couples and Families
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Q1) In LGBITQ, the Q refers to:
A)Queer
B)Queen
C)Quit
D)Quotient
Q2) With regard to the ratio of lesbian couples and gay male couples:
A)the ratio is about equal
B) there are significantly more lesbian couples
C)there are significantly more gay male couples
D)the ratio is variable: before 2008 there were more lesbian couples; post 2008 there were more gay male couples
Q3) Hoff and Beougher (2010) examined 39 gay male couples and found that:
A)they were able to make agreements about external sex that worked for them
B)discussion of external sex was off the table since they were committed
C)both partners cheated and neither was aware of the other's cheating
D)they were very similar to heterosexual couples in dealing with external sex
Q4) Discuss how heterosexuals are harmed by prejudice against homosexuals.
Q5) Are there more gay males or gay females or bisexuals?
Q6) Draw the Kinsey scale. What does a 3 mean? What does a 5 mean?
Q7) Explain why some homosexuals are prejudiced against bisexuals.
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Chapter 9: Sexuality in Relationships
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Q1) How does the women's movement affect the sexuality of women supporters?
A)It has no effect.
B)Women supporters becomes more conservative as a backlash.
C)It affects sociology majors only.
D)It results in more recreational, hedonistic sex.
Q2) What percent of 1314 men reported having vaginal, oral, or anal sex outside their "monogamous" relationship?
A)7 percent
B)27 percent
C)57 percent
D)67 percent
Q3) Which of the following is true of sexually compliant behavior?
A)This is another term for rape.
B)There were no gender differences in sexually compliant behavior.
C)Less than 10 percent of both women and men report engaging in the behavior.
D)The behavior is destructive since it does not involve "full" involvement.
Q4) Men and women in "friends with benefits relationships" have similar levels of emotional involvement.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Planning for Children
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Q1) The abortion rate has soared since 2000.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Romkens et al. reviewed the medical/psychological literature on age of fathers and found:
A)that men over 50 should not have a child
B)that men over the age of 60 should not have children
C)no studies to suggest an age cutoff as to when a male can father a child
D)that men age 60 who work out and take Testagain are as healthy as 40-year-olds
Q3) Another term for miscarriage is:
A)spontaneous abortion
B)induced abortion
C)salpingectomy
D)laparoscopy
Q4) Regarding infertility, what percent of the time is something wrong with both partners?
Q5) A vasectomy takes about two hours of major surgery (the man is put to sleep).
A)True
B)False
Q6) When a woman can't get pregnant, what are some probable causes?
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Chapter 11: Parenting
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Q1) Not being overindulged as a child leads to all of the following except:
A)the ability to delay gratification
B)a grateful attitude
C)being nonmaterialistic
D)problems with alcohol from unmet needs
Q2) Having regular meals together is associated with all of the following except:
A)less substance abuse
B)less running away for females
C)a closer relationship with the mother but not with the father
D)less physical violence for males
Q3) Identify outcomes to the child of a father's involvement in the child's life.
Q4) The involvement of divorced fathers in the lives of their children is associated with all but:
A)the child making good grades
B)the child reporting higher life satisfaction
C)the child having a lower rate of reported sex abuse
D)higher rates of substance abuse due to male modeling
Q5) Compare baby blues and postpartum depression.
Q6) How does eating together at meals affect family life?
Q7) Discuss the behavioral approach to child rearing.What are the criticisms?
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Chapter 12: Work and Family Life
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Q1) Compare the effect on the marriage of an unhappy wife who has just been given a promotion where she will earn a high income with a happy wife who has just been given a similar promotion.
Q2) The term that describes a woman who has a successful at-home business is:
A)momprenuer
B)mommy tracker
C)HER/his career woman d entreprenuer
Q3) A major difference between stay at home dads and traditional working dads is that:
A)stay at home dads are more abusive since they are confronted with screaming children
B)stay at home dads resent having to child care at the expense of their career
C)stay at home dads have a stronger emotional bond with their children
D)stay at home dads miss the money they would be making/don't think it is worth it
Q4) Video game playing can have a negative effect on one's romantic relationship.
A)True
B)False
Q5) When does playing video games become a problem in relationships?
Q6) Discuss why career women drop out to return home.
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Chapter 13: Violence and Abuse in Relationships
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Q1) Rophypnol is known as a fertility drug with the side effect of multiple births.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss how spiritual abuse may be difficult for the victim.
Q3) Which of the following is not a finding of a study on undergraduate child sex abuse?
A)Verbal tactics were used more often than holding the child down.
B)Most of the sexual acts involved penetration.
C)Most perpetrators were a non-family member.
D)Most events occurred/lasted less than a year.
Q4) A study of men who had abused their partners reported that they:
A)were unwilling to address at any level why they did what they did
B)were drunk and had no memory of the abuse
C)felt sorry and acknowledged that what they had done was wrong
D)felt justified since their partner had "breached the normative moral order."
Q5) When one spouse murders another, it is called:
A)fatal battering
B)intimate partner homicide
C)extreme physical violence
D)genocide
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Chapter 14: Stress and Crisis in Relationships
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Q1) Husbands with high levels of depression tend to have wives with low depressive levels.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The most helpful strategy in responding to a crisis event is:
A)to change one's basic values
B)use the power of religion
C)get alcohol and any substance abuse under control immediately
D)get the extended family involved
Q3) In a recent study, what was the effect of stressful life events on marital satisfaction?
A)no effect on marital satisfaction
B)increases marital satisfaction
C)decreases marital satisfaction
D)the findings were inconclusive
Q4) Monogamy among mammals is:
A) extensive (85 to 90 percent)
B)rare (between 3 and 10 percent)
C)has never been studied
D)decreasing
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Chapter 15: Divorce and Remarriage
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Q1) What are the gender differences in filing for divorce, and why do they exist?
Q2) The divorced who are able to forgive are:
A)more likely to think that they made a mistake and want to get back in the marriage
B)taken advantage of by their ex-partner in the division of property
C)vulnerable to a new relationship where they are exploited
D)less angry and less depressed
Q3) What percent of undergraduates report that their parents are divorced?
A)10 percent
B)26 percent
C)38 percent
D)49 percent
Q4) Only about three percent of children live with a single father.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Compare litigation and mediation when a marriage ends in terms of cost, time, and emotional fallout.
Q6) Identify the factors judges consider when deciding which parent gets custody.
Q7) Identify the ways in which parents can get divorced that will do minimal damage for their children.
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Chapter 16: Relationships in the Later Years
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Q1) Identify the factors associated with having a happy retirement.
Q2) Discuss the conditions under which Oregon allows physician-assisted suicide.
Q3) Hispanics view their health more negatively than African-Americans view their health..
A)True
B)False
Q4) The single most important determinant of an elderly person's happiness is: A)income
B)children living near by C)health
D)a spouse that loves him or her
Q5) Identify and discuss four reasons why an increasing number of individuals are becoming the "sandwich generation."
Q6) Medicare is a federal insurance program that pays for long term nursing care for the elderly.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Compare the effects of aging on the sexuality of women and men.
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