In her study of gender roles in New Guinea, Margaret Mead concluded that differences between the roles of men and women:
a. should be encouraged at all costs
b. were a natural outgrowth of biological and psychological differences
c. were a result of learning and cultural factors
d. were functionally necessary for the society
Question 2In his analysis of the relationship between capitalism and Protestantism, Max Weber hypothesized that:
a. a society's economic system determines its ideologies.
b. Protestantism would not have been possible without capitalism.
c. the religious values of the early Protestants created an ideology that led to the emergence of capitalism.
d. there is no relationship between religious beliefs and economic behavior.
Question 3Differences in the behaviors expected of men and women are based on:
a. differences in patterns of learning
b. differences in the innate abilities of men and women
c. differences in the physical strength of men and women
d. hormonal differences between men and women
Question 4Norms that are included in a society's official written codes of behavior are termed:
a. absolutes
b. commandments
c. ideologies
d. laws
Question 5Stratification by gender is characteristic of:
a. all human societies
b. feudal societies only
c. preindustrial societies but not urban industrial societies
d. urban industrial societies only
Question 6Systems of values and norms that the members of a society are expected to believe in and act upon without question are termed:
a. ideologies
b. mores
c. religions
d. technologies
Question 7Maria used a four-letter word and her mother admonished her, Nice girls don't talk like that In this instance Maria's mother is engaging in:
a. developmental socialization
b. gender socialization
c. resocialization
d. secondary socialization
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