A person's sexual identity
a. may change throughout at some point in his or her lifetime.
b. depends on how many same-sex relationships he or she has had.
c. is permanent once it has been determined.
d. is predictable at the time he or she is born.
Question 2According to Freud, The psychoanalytic perspective interprets human identity as ________ at an early age in a process greatly influenced by one's family.
a. underdeveloped
b. highly fluid
c. relatively fixed
d. immature.
Question 3Which of these theoretical perspectives would be the most interested in how sexual identities are revealed during the process of coming out as gay or lesbian?
a. Functionalism
b. Conflict theory
c. Symbolic interaction theory
d. Social exchange theory
Question 4Which of the following statements regarding Freud's psychoanalytic theory is false?
a. The superego is about the standards of society and morality .
b. The ego is about reason and common sense .
c. The id is about impulses.
d. The unconscious is independent of the superego and the id.
Question 5From a symbolic interactionist perspective
a. sexual practices are the result of complementary gender roles in society.
b. sexual identity and practices are explained by the social organization of society.
c. social approval and taboos influence what is considered permissible.
d. differences in power define what types of sexual behavior is acceptable.
Question 6Psychoanalytic theories of socialization are based on the work of Sigmund Freud, whose contribution related to the
a. looking-glass self.
b. I and the Me.
c. idea that the unconscious mind shapes human behavior.
d. need for psychoanalysis for everyone to discover their true self.
Question 7The _____ perspective explains sexual identity as self-definition that develops through interaction with others.
a. functionalist
b. conflict
c. social construction
d. social exchange
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