Caribbean women view ___________ as the symbol of womanhood.
a. marriage to a tall Caribbean man
b. motherhood
c. the role of grandmother
d. the ability to balance family and employment
Ques. 2The fact that parents name their children Tom or Mary, dress them in pants or dresses, and send out birth announcements as blue or pink reflects that the family is:
a. a gendered institution
b. a sexist institution
c. an anachronistic institution
d. a historical institution
Ques. 3Four-year-old Mary tells her mother that she does not want her hair cut short because then she will be a boy, and she does not want to be a boy.
a. Mary is probably experiencing transgender issues
b. Mary is gender aschematic
c. Mary probably fears her father
d. Mary does not understand gender permanence
Ques. 4Which of the following theories of gender role development emphasizes that biological readiness influences how the child responds to gender cues in the environment?
a. sociobiological
b. social learning
c. cognitive-developmental
d. identification
Ques. 5A father who punishes his sons for dressing like their mother reflects this gender theory.
a. social learning
b. cognitive-developmental
c. sociobiological
d. identification
Ques. 6According to Freud, children acquire the characteristics and behaviors of their ___________ parent through a process of ________________.
a. same-sex; repression
b. same-sex; identification
c. opposite-sex; repression
d. opposite-sex; identification
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