City College of El Salvador

El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental

GE ELEC 2 - Gender and Society
MIDTERM EXAM

I. Multiple Choice. Choose the letter corresponds to your answer. d. The person will not settle down and have a family.

1. Which statement best describes a theory? 9. This theory stressed that a child develops an understanding of gender
as they actively seek information from their environment and organize
a. A theory is a hunch about something that is yet to be proven. gathered information based still on their cognitive understanding of
b. A theory is logical explanation about observe facts or phenomena. gender groups.
c. A theory is a statement of fact that always occurs.
d. A theory is a set of principles governing conduct or behavior. a. Behavioral theory
c. Interpersonal theory
2. Which statement best describes gender development? b. Learning theory
d. Cognitive theory
a. Gender developments are rules and expectations that distinguish
behavior on the basis of gender. 10. This is Jane. She has a friend named Billy. Jane and Billy are both
b. Gender development is the process of how a person expresses their seven years. Old. Jane loves to wear t-shirt and shorts, while Billy loves
femininity or masculinity as influenced by nature and nurture. to play with dolls with Jane. When asked, Jane identifies herself as a girl
c. Gender developments are appropriate behavior of men and women and Billy a boy. According to Kohlberg, at what gender development
learned from society. stage is our Jane and Bill?
d. Gender development is a person's idea of gender which may or may not
align with one's birth sex. a. gender identity
c. gender consistency
3. Which statement best demonstrates gender development as posited by b. gender stability
gender development theories? d. gender labelling

a. Gender development begins at fetal stage when the fertilized egg is 11. A psychologist asserting this theory said that children learn about
exposed to different levels of testosterone. male and female roles from the culture that they are part of, and that
b. Gender development begins when the child develops an understanding children align their behavior with their culture's gender norms right at the
on gender based on gathered information. earliest stages of their development.
c. Gender development begins with the people and culture that the child
is a part of. a. Cross-cultural Theory
d. All of the above. c. Evolutionary Theory
b. Socialization Theory
4. Which statement best demonstrate a gender norm? d. Cognitive Theory
a. The wife is expected to be submissive to her husband.
b. The boy plays with violence-themed video games. 12. Based on Socialization Theory, parents who react negatively to child’s
c. The girl prefers to wear a shirt and pants rather than a dress. behavior that do not conform to gender norms contribute to this.
d. The child imitates the parent's attitude regarding gender.
a. The child’s negative view of self
5. This theory of gender development believed on the influence of b. Developing conflict in the family.
chromosomes and hormones in gender development. c. Behavioral Theory
a. Evolutionary theory d. Psychodynamic Theory
c. Biological theory
b. Genetic theory 13. This theory described gender development as a three-way dynamic,
d. Epigenetic theory give and take model.

6. As claimed by biological theorists, what happens when an XX a. Behavioral theory

chromosome was exposed to high levels of prenatal testosterone? b. Social-Cognitive theory
c. Psychodynamic theory
a. The mother will conceive twins. d. Socialization theory
b. The boy will be hyper-active.
c. The female child will grow into an adult who prefers same-sex 14. This theory explained that society is a stage on which struggles for
relationships. power and dominance are acted out.
d. It will be an androgynous baby.
a. Structural Functionalist perspective
7. This theory claimed that childhood experiences and unconscious b. Conflict perspective
psychological processes shaped the adult behavior. c. symbolic interaction
d. Sociological Theory
a. Psychodynamic theory
b. Cognitive approach to gender development 15. This theory asserted that people do not respond directly to the world
c. Behavioral theory around them, but to the meaning, they bring to it.
d. Socio-cognitive theory
a. Structural Functionalist perspective
8. Based on Freud's theory, how would overly demanding parents during b. Conflict perspective
toilet training affect a person's development? c. symbolic interaction
d. Sociological Theory
a. The person could develop an obsessive-compulsive disorder.
b. The child might be delayed in reaching puberty.
c. The person is a smoker.
II. Multiple Choice. Choose the letter corresponds to your answer.1. 10. They are people whose gender and assigned sex are the same. They
Garry is a boy however he experiences attraction to some men. Garry's are called.
gender identity is?
a. Bisexual a. Feminine
b. Gay b. Transgender
c. pansexual c. Masculine
d. cisgender d. Cisgender

2. Rex's biological sex is male, yet he is emotionally, physically, and 11. It is a pattern of romantic or sexual attraction or a combination of
sexually attracted to anyone regardless of their sex or gender identity. these to Persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or
Rex's sexual orientation is? to both sexes or more than one gender. This refers to as.

a. Homosexual a. Gender Identity

b. Bisexual b. Sexual Orientation
c. Asexual c. Biological Sex
d. Pansexual d. all of the above

3. Upon growing up Marz's parents finds the qualities and characteristics 12. Listed below are categories of sexual orientation, except?
of their daughter as associated to man. Marz’s gender expression is?
a. Homosexual
a. Masculine b. Heterosexual
b. Intersex c. Pansexual
c. Male d. Transgender
d. none of the above
13. It denotes to the question "Who am I attracted to?"
4. It a general term used for a variety of condition in which a person is
born with a reproductive and sexual anatomy that doesn't fit the definition a. Gender Identity
of male and female. b. Gender Expression
c. Gender Neutral
a. Intersex d. Sexual Orientation
b. Male
c. female 14. Mariais unsure about or exploring their own sexual orientation or
d. all of the above gender identity. Maria's Gender identity is?

5. Nap is a boy who is fun of putting make-up on his face. He expresses a. Intersex
himself as girl and he is attracted to men. Nap's gender expression and b. Questioning
social orientation is? c. Ally
d. None of the above
a. Feminine and Heterosexual
b. Feminine and Homosexual 15. It refers to as all about how you demonstrate gender through the ways
c. Masculine and Homosexual you act, dress, behave, and interact-whether that is intentional or
d. Masculine and Heterosexual unintended.

6. Lila is women who are primarily attracted romantically, erotically, a. Gender Identity
and/or emotionally to other women. Lila is a? b. Gender neutral
c. Gender fluid
a. Unidentified d. Gender expression
b. Male
c. Lesbian Identification (2pts):
d. Questioning
1. It refers to as a person with a fluid gender identity or transgender
7. It refers to a person whose qualities and characteristics are combination identity.
of those traditionally associated with a man or a woman.
2. Person who are attracted to a different 4.
a. Gender Neutral gender. They are labelled to be straight. A man
b. heterosexual attracted to woman and a woman attracted to
c. Bisexual man
d. Androgynous
3. People whose gender and assigned sex are 6
8. They are typically straight and/or cisgender. It refers to a person who the same. Someone who was male at birth and identifies as a man.
supports and respects members of LGBTQ community.
4. Someone who is attracted to all genders. It is 7
a. Questioning called omnisexuality, is the sexual, romantic, or emotional attraction
b. Lesbian towards people regardless of their sex or gender identity.
c. Ally
d. Bisexual 5. An umbrella term to describe individuals who 8
don't identify as straight and/or cisgender.
9. It refers to the question “Who am I?”
a. Gender Identity ESSAY:
b. Gender Expression 1. Based on the theories that have been discussed, what is the most
c. Social Orientation accurate theory for you? (5pts)
d. None of the above 2. Does theory really matters? (5pts)
3. In your own opinion, would you use theory as your basis of someone’s
Gender development? (10pts)