According to the text, a nuclear family with an employed father and homemaker mother represents about what percent of U.S. family units?
a. 6
b. 15
c. 42
d. 78
e. 93
Q. 2What does the text author say about male gender-role socialization?
a. Boys are more likely than girls to explore aspects of both gender roles, such as playing with dolls as well as playing with toy trucks.
b. Men are not affected nearly as much by gender-role expectations as women.
c. It may be more rigid than female gender-role socialization.
d. Men are given clear but destructive messages about violence, sexuality, alcohol, and emotional sensitivity.
e. Men face as many gender-role expectations but the expectations are not as onerous as those faced by women.
Q. 3What is meant by preadolescent gender intensification?
a. During preadolescence, pressures to conform to sex stereotypes increase. Many sociologists and psychologists think of this period as a turning point for boys, when their powers move under a cloud that sometimes never lifts.
b. During preadolescence, pressures to conform to sex stereotypes increase. Many sociologists and psychologists think of this period as a turning point for boys, when they learn to be sensitive.
c. This is when boys decide that they want to be with boys and girls decide that they want to spend all of their time with girls.
d. During preadolescence, pressures to conform to sex stereotypes increase. Many sociologists and psychologists think of this period as a turning point for girls, when their powers move under a cloud that sometimes never lifts.
e. This is the process where young people start getting interested in the opposite sex.
Q. 4All of the following are described in the text as situations in which considerations of gender and culture dominate the treatment, EXCEPT ______________________.
a. preadolescent gender intensification
b. attention deficit disorder
c. problems associated with male roles and expectations
d. family therapy
e. affirmative psychotherapy for gays, lesbians, and bisexuals
Q. 5How do feminist theorists address the issue of native healers?
a. Because the efficacy of any one native healers practices has not been demonstrated, it is unethical to include native healers in treatment plans.
b. It is all right for a client to choose to see a native healer but a feminist therapist would not want to talk about it. Religion and therapy should always be separate things.
c. Feminist therapists discourage clients from confusing the effectiveness of therapy by involving other processes, particularly less scientific practitioners such as astrologers, herbalists, shamans, and priests.
d. Feminist theorists agree that getting the whole picture of the therapeutic efforts combined in a clients system of mental health care is part of being respectful of the clients culture and responsible in your own practice.
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