Exam 11: Affiliative and Reproductive Strategies

Exposure to sex hormones early in development influences the ___________ of both behavior and reproductive anatomy.

In the male rat, lesions of the ________ disrupt the male's copulatory behavior, although they leave his motivation intact.

Maternal rats show ________ than non-mothers in an elevated plus-maze task.

The effects of hormones on the brains of mature animals are referred to as effects on _______.

Parents, both fathers and mothers, showed stronger _____________ activation when listening to infant crying compared to nonparents.

Given the opportunity following a sexual encounter, a male prairie vole will spend more time in a ________.

In ________ even after one partner dies, the living partner rarely forms a new pair bond.

The terminal investment hypothesis was studied in ________.

The California deer mouse is to ______ as the common deer mouse is to ________.

Approximately __________ studies have demonstrated implantable pumps are a reliable delivery system for hormones, drugs and other neurochemicals.

During ________, a female rat arches her back and holds her tail in a position that facilitates penetration from the male.

Women born with ___________ have shown higher rates of homosexuality and bisexuality as adults.

________ develop into the female internal genitalia.

During lordosis a female rat ___________.

Female rodents typically prefer males whose multihistocompatibility complex (MHC) is most like her own.

Oxytocin and vasopressin are technically ______________ because they are released by a neuron instead of an endocrine gland.

Robert Bridges demonstrated that estrogen and progesterone, along with ________, showed differential levels and peaks during pregnancy to prepare the rodent mother to care for her offspring.

The common deer mouse is a biparental species.

In the rat world, flirting, or proceptive behavior, consists of _________.

Frank Beach wrote the first definitive behavioral endocrinology textbook.