KIN 305, Second exam, April 6
Three questions. Each question is worth up to 10 points.
You have the class period (1 hour and 40 minutes) to finish the exam
If you need a bit more time to complete the exam, go ahead and continue even if the timer
indicates you to stop
Open note/open book, yet…
You must not cut and paste from course materials (or the internet, or your friend’s work). That
would be plagiarism. Instead, be sure you use your own words when responding to the
prompts. My suggestion is to write your responses as if you were explaining the issue to
someone who has not taken the class.
Be sure to write in paragraph form and with complete sentences. Again, do not simply list
evidence; instead, be sure you can explain how the evidence you present answers the
question.
Each Question has 4 parts. Be sure to address each part.
1. Social construction of race
a. Explain what is meant by the social construction of race.
b. Choose one of the following “racial” groups to address in your answer: white,
Black, or Asian.
c. Drawing on our course materials, explain how the kinesiology field socially
constructed that racial group. When answering this, provide two
mechanisms/ways that racial group was socially constructed.
d. Identify and explain one consequence of that social construct.
2. Social construction of gender
a. Explain what is meant by the social construction of gender.
b. Be sure to choose either masculinity or femininity to address in your answer.
c. Drawing on our course materials, explain how the kinesiology field socially
constructed that gender. When answering this, provide two mechanisms/ways
that gender was socially constructed.
d. Identify and explain one consequence of that social construct.
3. Social construction of sex
a. Explain what is meant by the social construction of sex.
b. In this response, I am asking you to use the article about Dutee Chand to
examine the construction of sex as a binary.
c. Drawing on that article, explain how the kinesiology field socially constructed sex
as a binary. When answering this, provide two mechanisms/ways that sex was
socially constructed.
d. Identify and explain one consequence of that social construct.