Exam 11: Sex and Gender

Which of the following statements is most consistent with the evolutionary principles that explain why male sexual promiscuity is regarded as being more acceptable than female sexual promiscuity?

A set of behaviors that defines individuals as boys and men or girls and women is called __________.

One of these things is not like the others.Can you figure out which one?

When Charles was at dinner with some colleagues,he was asked a question to which he had no inkling of the correct answer.Rather than simply say "I'm sorry,but I don't know the answer," Charles started taking guesses at what the correct answer was.This tendency that describes the reluctance of men to reveal their uncertainty is called __________ syndrome.

The researcher who developed a sex role inventory designed to measure the degree to which people are masculine and/or feminine was __________.

Which of the following "equations" is the most accurate?

The gender schema theory assumes that children learn gendered behavior by observing and imitating adults and responding to rewards and punishments.

The term "gender __________" refers to boys and men who show traditionally masculine traits and behaviors,and girls and women who show traditionally feminine traits and behaviors.

Erika and Aaron are thrilled that their baby will be born any minute.As Erika pushes one last time,the baby emerges to cheers and applause from the nurses and doctors present.The only problem,however,is that the baby has female external genitalia despite having an XY chromosome type! Erika and Aaron are shocked to learn that this is caused by __________ insensitivity syndrome,and now will have some very difficult decisions to make for their child.

Children may be treated differently according to the gender roles - expectations about the way women and men behavior - that they are expected to fill.

How many genes found on the Y chromosome trigger the testes to produced testosterone?

Which of the following statements is true with regard to testosterone?

In male identical twins,if one of the twins is gay,the other has a ___% chance of also being gay.