Exam 4: Gender Development, Gender Roles, and Gender Identity

Youth who are experiencing conflict between gender identity or expression and their sex assigned at birth are described as ________________.

Sandra Bem would define an androgynous individual as one who ______________________.

Most hormonal secretions are regulated by the brain.

_____________ is structured in the shape of a double helix in which all genetic information in an organism is encoded.

An older term to describe a transgender person who has had hormonal or surgical interventions to change their bodies to be more aligned with their gender identity than the sex that they were assigned at birth is _________________.

In the Native American culture, this person was often biologically male, treated as a female in social functions, and highly respected in the society. What is the term used to describe this person?

Amenorrhea is a condition in which a female experiences excessive flow during menstruation.

What is the process called in which an infant is taught the basic skills for functioning in society?

Which hormone stimulates the development of male sex organs and secondary sex characteristics such as beard growth and a deepening voice?

Apart from testosterone, what else differentiates males from the females?

The gender binary refers to the traditional division of people into two groups as male or female.

______ produce most of the estrogen in women.

Not having a gender identity called is called being ______________.

In the 1500s, King Henry VIII of England divorced Catherine of Aragon because she gave birth to a daughter not a son. Henry VIII's reasoning was:

If a gender-specific behavior is largely determined by culture, what is that behavior most accurately called?

What are gender traits?

All of the following are controlled by estrogen EXCEPT ______________________.

Androgens are important for sexual development, specifically in males.

A period in a woman's life, usually during her 40s or 50s, when estrogen decreases, causing the eventual cessation of menstruation is called ______________________.

What is socialization?