Gavin, a social worker, feels that women are still at the lower end of the status hierarchy in the work place. He is most likely to agree with the fact that ________.
a. women primarily are into professions such as engineers or physicians
b. women tend to hold jobs such as secretary or receptionist
c. employers hire women for jobs that require managerial skills
d. low-paying jobs are filled equally by men and women
Paula, the managing director of a business firm, believes that men should not be hired for job positions such as nurse or secretary as it is considered a social oddity.
She feels that men are not suited for such positions because they are unemotional and dominant. Such a stereotypical thought about men is known as ________.
a. anti-masculinism
b. androcentrisim
c. masculine mystique
d. androgyny
Which of the following is true of the influence of schools on gender behavior?
a. Teachers often encourage assertion in girls.
b. Children see women in positions of authority.
c. Teachers encourage dependence in girls.
d. Girls are rewarded for being aggressive.
According to sociologists, which of the following is used as a gender-specific term?
a. male
b. masculine
c. female
d. childish
Studies of the pictorial content of texts for college-level psychology and sociology courses have shown that ________.
a. women are portrayed in a passive manner
b. women are shown more often than men
c. men are portrayed as victims of mental disorders
d. women are shown to be therapists
Learned behavior involving how people are expected to act as males and females in society is known as ________.
a. gender
b. sex
c. biological determinism
d. sexism
Sex refers to the ________.
a. anatomical study of the secondary sexual characteristics of men and women
b. learned behavior involving how people are expected to act as males and females in society
c. biological role that each individual plays, such as in reproduction
d. combination of male and female characteristics inherent in every individual
Functionalists argue that it is not particularly useful to use sex as a criterion for allocating jobs in industrial and postindustrial societies because ________.
a. great physical strength is no longer necessary for most jobs in a highly automated society
b. both men and women have equal abilities for spatialvisual, verbal, and creative tasks
c. domination results due to the superior physical strength of men
d. economic competition contributes to sexual inequality
Which of the following statements represents the argument of functionalists on the criteria for allocating jobs today?
a. It is more practical to assign tasks based on individual abilities.
b. It is better to assign complex problem-solving tasks to men.
c. It is appropriate to assign tasks based on the physical strength of individuals.
d. It is preferable to assign simple, straightforward tasks to women.
Which of the following social changes occurred as a result of industrialization?
a. larger families
b. availability of child care facilities
c. shorter life expectancy
d. separation of work from family life
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