Exam 10: Gender: Expectations, Roles, and Behaviors

The stereotype of the ________ is usually portrayed as a person having a functional penis, a vagina, and usually breasts.

Ronda's biology class is reviewing the symptoms of Klinefelter syndrome.The symptoms are untreatable, and males with the disorder are usually unable to live normal, healthy lives.

Someone who is ________ might be considered well-rounded.

Gender and your gender identity are more about who you are as a person than simply about what sex you are.

Some have argued that differences exist in humans as part of nature's grand design that has enabled humans to survive and evolve as a species.From this perspective, the reason men are more aggressive and women are more intuitive is that these characteristics are considered ________.

________ refers to a strong and persistent cross-gender identification.

If comparing Joe to Jane, we can be confident in saying that in general Joe is more physically and verbally aggressive than Jane.

When we add social alienation to the definition of aggressive relational behavior, we find that ________.

One of the strongest and most widely accepted stereotypes is that male humans are ________ than female humans.

The desire for same-sex playmates is seen in nearly every culture worldwide and in many nonhuman animals.

________ refers to transgender persons who, in varying degrees, transition from their biological sex to the sex that conforms to their gender identity.

Two of the most common chromosomal variations in humans are ________ and ________.

Gender constancy means that a person's gender stays the same even if that person violates expected, traditional sex role behaviors (such as a man dressing up in women's clothes for a skit, or a woman who is a plumber).

If we compare Scott to Sarah, we can assume Sarah is the one who has a clear advantage in the ability to read nonverbal communication and facial expressions.

________ are the distinctive behaviors society expects and encourages us to engage in depending on our sex.

According to the research, if Dave is typical of 16 year olds he has watched more hours of television than he has spent attending school.

________ was the first widely publicized person to receive sex reassignment surgery; a pioneer in the social awareness of transgender issues.

Further refinement of the androgyny concept looks at those traits that are all of the following except ________.

Numerous researchers have suggested that the psychological advantages experienced by people who score high in androgyny may be due to the presence of ________.

The gender effects of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) on girls have found ________.