Throughout childhood, both boys and girls who cross gender boundaries and act like those of the opposite sex are supposed to are
A) punished
B) rewarded
C) ignored
D) revered
Question 2Which of the following best reflects the significance of Asch's research on group conformity?
a. The demonstration of how much ability groups have to affect behavior.
b. The demonstration of how indecisive college students are.
c. The demonstration of how confusing a set of vertical lines can be.
d. The extent to which the subjects were willing to openly defy the rest of the group.
Question 3Which of the following reflects a groupthink dynamic?
a. A group shares information widely and makes an excellent community policy recommendation.
b. A group leader makes a decision without consulting anyone, and the decision is a bad one.
c. A group seeks consensus, but makes poor decisions because the members are unwilling to threaten the group's solidarity.
d. A group seeks opinion differences, and as a result makes a poor policy recommendation.
Question 4What is the sociological term for the tendency of highly cohesive groups to make poor decisions because the members are unwilling to threaten the group's solidarity?
a. conformist cognizance
b. groupthink
c. doublethink
d. tunnel vision
Question 5Through socialization, boys learn what researchers call __________ , which teaches them (among other traits) power, privilege, and to hide most emotions.
A) The male hierarchy
B) Masculine homogeneity
C) The boy code
D) Boys' heterogeneity
Question 6In the U.S., boys and girls are expected to learn two entirely different sets of norms,
A) With girls more likely than boys to rigidly follow their stereotyped norms.
B) With the differences increasing over time.
C) Although in recent years the norms for girls have become even more rigid.
D) however recently girls have found it easier than boys to reject this polarization.
Question 7According to Carol Gilligan, in adolescence girls tend to become _________ and boys tend to become __________.
A) Girls: more confident; boys: less confident
B) Girls: less confident; boys: more confident
C) Girls: more intelligent; boys: less intelligent
D) Girls: less intelligent; boys: more intelligent
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