The building blocks of gender are
a. socially constructed statuses.
b. biologically constructed characteristics.
c. psychological characteristics.
d. socially instituted characteristics.
Question 2According to the author, _________ starts with assignment to a sex category on the basis of what the genitalia look like at birth.
a. sex construction
b. gender status
c. gender construction
d. sexual identity
Question 3Sociologist Floyd Hunter used the phrase, __________ to describe a configuration of men and their power that cannot be found in any statutes, and probably cannot be read about in the newspapers.
a. formal power structure
b. exchange network
c. informal power structure
d. subculture
Question 4In unfocused encounters, individuals send and receive messages that:
a. establish territories of self
b. establish conversational preserves
c. use of fixed equipment
d. a and c
e. all of the above
Question 5When a person violates the rules governing focused encounters, they are most likely to:
a. offer a ritualized apology
b. ignore the breach
c. move away from the situation
d. b and c
e. none of the above
Question 6Unfocused encounters involve which of the following?
a. scanning the environment
b. determining the categoric unit of others
c. avoidance of eye contact
d. all of the above
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