Social Roles and Gender Stereotypes Quiz

Refers to the expected behaviors and attitudes that come with one's position in society.

By examining the succession of social roles that adults typically occupy over the years.

Roles are neither gained nor lost; they change as the life circumstances of the individual change.

<p>Moves from the constraints of being a high-school student to the relative freedom of a college student's role.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Makes the transition from being a spouse to being a new parent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Moves from being the parent of a dependent teenager to the parent of an independent adult.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>May lose some roles as friends and family members die, but the remaining roles increase in richness and satisfaction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Describe what men and women actually do in a given culture during a given historical era.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Refer to sets of shared beliefs or generalizations about what men and women in a society have in common.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>John Williams and Deborah Best.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Being competitive, adventurous, and physically strong (male stereotypes).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Such as being sympathetic, nurturing, and intuitive (female stereotypes).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Children are taught to view the world and themselves through gender-polarized lenses.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gender roles are the result of young children observing the division of labor within their culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Factors that are present in the immediate environment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Factors that were present in the past.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The origins of gender roles to solutions our primitive ancestors evolved in response to problems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The interaction of biological differences with current social and cultural influences to produce gender roles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gender roles are moderated by conditions we experience during our lifetimes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>More social roles at this time than in any other period of life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Completing high school, attending college or career training, establishing economically, and moving out.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is characterized by identity explorations, instability, being self-focused, feeling in-between, and possibilities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>High unemployment rate, recession, jobs require more education, and affluent parents.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>3 years.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Desire for a higher standard of living and less pressure to marry for a sexual relationship.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Living together without marriage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Living together for an extended period without plans to marry, marrying after cohabitation, or relationships that do not last long.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Married couples, cohabiting and unmarried people, cohabiting gay people, single people.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>People in poor mental and physical health are less likely to marry.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Being married provides advantages in financial resources, social support, and healthier lifestyles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Married people are healthier because they have not endured the trauma of divorce or widowhood.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Declines in teen pregnancy, abortions, and increased use of contraception.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Women and men evolved different gender role behaviors because they differ in how much time and resources they invest in each child.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Men and women function as a couple to exchange goods and services.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Middle age.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A period often characterized as sad and stressful, but can be positive for most couples.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Midlife.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Grandparents who have taken their grandchildren into their homes and assumed parental responsibility.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Single mothers or fathers, individuals living alone, and various types of partners.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Young people who have not found a partner yet and older people who are divorced or widowed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They may worry about having no one to take care of them when they are old.</p> Signup and view all the answers