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

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:

Differentiate among transgenderism, transsexualism, gender dysphoria, and asexuality.

Using terms referred to in your textbook, discuss how sex and gender influence people's interactions and relationships with each other.

Which of the following is true about gender roles in adolescence?

What did Williams and Best find in their cross-cultural research related to gender?

Maleek was born with typically appearing external male genitalia, however, was also born with one ovary. How would this person be identified?

What is true of Turner's syndrome?

What does the term "gender-neutral housing" refer to on college campuses?

Sandra Bem would define an androgynous individual as one who:

Define androgyny and give two examples of androgynous behavior.

What is most often true for transsexual people who take cross-sex hormones?

What term refers to male and female sex organs which arise from the same tissue?

If you visually compared the sexual development of third-week female and male embryos, what would you notice?

What statement below does Margaret Mead's famous discussion about the Tchambuli tribe of New Guinea provide support for?

In the famous Brenda/Bruce story, it was shown how a transgendered person could find psychological well-being through sex reassignment surgery.

Megan was raised as a female. When she failed to menstruate at puberty, her doctor found that she was genetically male. What is Megan's most likely diagnosis?

Breasts are an example of secondary sexual characteristics.

Which of the following is TRUE?

Most hormonal secretions are regulated by the brain.

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