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1 Foundations of Gender Studies Online Quiz Questions

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20 questions

True or false

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True or false: Gender norms vary across societies and can change over time.

A
True
B
False

True or false

1 point

True or false: A person's clothing, voice, or behavior does not necessarily reveal their gender identity.

A
True
B
False

Written response

1 point

What term refers to patterns of romantic, emotional, or sexual attraction?

Choose one

1 point

A researcher wants to understand how a workplace's written promotion rules affect employees' opportunities. Which method most directly addresses that question?

A
Interview a small group of employees about their personal meanings of workplace roles.
B
Analyze the workplace policies that set eligibility for promotions.
C
Compare how gender is portrayed in films from different periods.
D
Survey people about their childhood memories.

Choose one

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A researcher investigates why employees with similar qualifications have different access to a workplace opportunity. Which approach best reflects the field's attention to intersecting social positions?

A
Study gender while assuming that it affects everyone in the same way.
B
Examine how gender and class together shape access to a workplace opportunity.
C
Focus only on the wording of a workplace policy.
D
Treat one employee's account as representative of every employee.

Choose one

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A researcher asks whether portrayals of similar characters in popular culture have changed over time. Which approach best fits this question?

A
Interview viewers about their favorite characters.
B
Review a single character's dialogue without considering its context.
C
Compare portrayals of similar characters in films from different periods.
D
Survey employees about workplace rules.

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A researcher uses a social-construction approach to study expectations about caregiving. Select all questions that fit this approach.

A
Investigate how expectations about caregiving came to seem natural.
B
Assume caregiving expectations are universal and need no explanation.
C
Identify who or what reinforces those expectations.
D
Examine how the expectations affect family responsibilities and workplace policies.
E
Limit the study to whether one person personally agrees with the expectations.

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A researcher is planning a study of gender in a particular institution. Select all practices that align with the guidance for sound research.

A
Define the key terms used in the study.
B
Consider the setting and historical context.
C
Assume one participant's experience represents an entire group.
D
Avoid treating any one person's experience as representative of a whole group.

Written response

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What term names a person's internal sense of their gender?

Fill in the blank

1 point

People with variations in sex characteristics may identify as .

Fill in the blank

1 point

The broad term for dimensions of sexual and intimate life, including desire, relationships, practices, and identity, is .

Open ended

1 point

Propose a research plan to investigate whether a workplace policy has different effects across gender groups. Include a method, the evidence you would examine, and one consideration that would help make the study sound.

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Which statement best distinguishes sex from gender?

A
Sex means a person's internal sense of gender; gender means their bodily characteristics.
B
Sex concerns bodily characteristics used in classification; gender concerns social meanings and expectations.
C
Sex and gender both refer only to romantic or sexual attraction.
D
Sex concerns clothing and behavior; gender concerns chromosomes alone.

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A student says, “If gender is socially constructed, it cannot have real consequences.” Which response best addresses the mistake?

A
Gender is imaginary because social practices have no effects on people's lives.
B
Gender can be socially shaped while still affecting people's choices, treatment, and opportunities.
C
Gender is socially constructed only when bodies are considered unreal.
D
Social construction means categories never change.

Choose one

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A researcher compares caregiving expectations for women and men across two societies. Which concept is the researcher primarily examining?

A
The social expectations attached to caregiving roles
B
The bodily characteristics used in sex classification
C
A person’s internal sense of gender
D
Patterns of romantic, emotional, or sexual attraction

Choose one

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A person wears clothing that others associate with a particular gender category. What can an observer conclude from this alone?

A
Their gender identity, because clothing determines it
B
Their sex, because clothing establishes bodily characteristics
C
Their gender expression, without enough evidence to infer their identity
D
Their sexual orientation, because clothing indicates patterns of attraction

Choose one

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A study examines participants’ patterns of romantic, emotional, or sexual attraction. Which statement best describes the concept being studied?

A
It is one aspect of sexuality, which also includes other dimensions of sexual and intimate life.
B
It is another name for gender identity.
C
It refers only to sexual practices, not attraction.
D
It describes bodily characteristics used in sex classification.

True or false

1 point

True or false: If gender is socially constructed, it must be imaginary and cannot have real effects on people’s treatment or opportunities.

A
True
B
False

Written response

1 point

A person has variations in sex characteristics that do not fit neatly into a single male-or-female pattern. What term in the material describes this?

Written response

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A field draws on history, sociology, anthropology, law, and public health to investigate gender and sexuality. What adjective describes this kind of field?