Exam 16: Sex, Gender, and Sexual Behavior

According to gender roles, in most Western nations it would be scandalous for a man to wear a skirt to work.

Gender identity is an innate dimension along which human beings organize the world.

This term describes the intrinsically rewarding experience of, among other things, playing with a particular type of toy.

This phase of the sexual response is accompanied by very high heart rate and some loss of voluntary muscle control.

Lisa Diamond suggests that romantic love developed not to serve reproductive functions, but to serve

Some research suggests that the presence of this hormone in fetal development can determine the amount of male-typical play in members of species.

According to the "triangular" model, the kind of love one experiences is dependent on the relative strength of each component when

Which of the following is NOT among the three dimensions of sex differences in cognition commonly studied by psychologists?

In Sharon Thompson's research, the prototypical story referred to as "Same Story B" was told by

Which of the following is true of the preferences of playmates for young boys?

Studies show that sex-typed play and toy differences begin to emerge, especially in males, around

Which of the following labels was NOT a part of the original definition of sexual orientation?

Pedophilia, fetishism, and other unusual sexual interests that a person develops in adolescence and adulthood are called

Research suggests that in the home, both girls and boys are actively encouraged to choose sex-typed toys and engage in sex-typed activities and are discouraged from deviating from sex-typed play patterns.

This term refers to all of the non-anatomical characteristics that distinguish males from females.

Anthropological studies affirm that children in all societies for which data exist will engage in sex play to one degree or another if they are permitted to do so.

Most theorists view love as a complex collection of emotions, motivations, goal-directed behaviors and thoughts, because

Boredom and disappointment are more typical of men's accounts of their initiations into adolescent sexuality than women's accounts.

Sexual acts committed on another person without that person's consent are the antithesis of ethical sexuality as viewed by virtually all major religions and secular moral, legal, and ethical systems. These acts are generally referred to as

In order to present female sex characteristics, a fetus must inherit