Exam 10: Sexuality and Gender

Which statement is consistent with Masters and Johnson's findings?

The process by which people learn their culture's preferences and expectations for the behaviors of females and males is called gender __________.

A young boy develops facial and chest hair, pubic hair, and an enlarged Adam's apple. This happens because puberty is stimulating the development of his __________ characteristics.

A gender __________ refers to a widely held belief about a person or group of people that is based solely on being male or female.

Kinsey believed that __________.

Yasmine says that all men are insensitive and unemotional. She is probably expressing a __________.

Trip is a father of two children and has a career as a professor at a university. He is nurturing and sensitive to his children's needs, able to express emotions outwardly, independent and assertive, and thinks problems through calmly and logically. Trip is a good example of a person who is __________.

When examining the rates of homosexuality between identical twins and fraternal twins or non-twin siblings, researchers found that if one identical twin is gay, his brother has a __________ percent chance of being gay as well, and if a fraternal twin is gay, his brother has a __________ percent chance of being gay as well.

A gender __________ refers to a widely held belief about a person or group of people that is based solely on being male or female.

Who designed equipment to measure physiological activity during sexual activity?

AIDS can be transmitted through __________.

A culture's expectation of masculine and feminine behaviors can be defined as __________.

List and describe the symptoms of at least three different sexually transmitted infections (STIs), making sure that your answer includes at least one viral and at least one bacterial STI.

Research suggests that boys are taught to hold in their emotions and girls are encouraged to form emotional attachments and express emotionality.

Which term has the most negative connotation in our culture?

The Kinsey report indicates that more than ___________ as many men had intercourse by age 16 as did women.

In Kinsey's original data, approximately __________ percent of women reported being predominantly homosexual, while as many as __________ percent of men reported the same.

Which theory of gender-role development places a heavy emphasis on the use of mental patterns?

Skyler sees her mother knitting a sweater. Later, Skyler takes out a ball of yarn and some knitting needles from her mother's supplies and tries to do the same. This example illustrates which theory of gender development?

The abbreviation STI stands for __________.