Exam 5: Gender Identity and Gender Roles

The prejudgment that a person will possess certain traits because of their gender is called

Mathus was born a male, but insists on wearing dresses and wants to be referred to as Martha. He is very distressed when his parents ask him to wear pants and act like a boy. Mathus's experience is characteristic of

Jaime is sexually aroused by fantasies that he has a woman's body. Jaime would be categorized as

Gender reassignment surgery is the leading recommended treatment for gender non-conforming children.

If it weren't for ________, we would all develop__________.

Gender roles are stereotypes because they evoke fixed expectations of men and women.

Differentiate between Klinefelter's syndrome, Turner's syndrome, androgen insensitivity syndrome, and congenital adrenal hyperplasia in terms of causes and effects.

The concept of gender stability is the recognition that people retain their genders for a lifetime.

Cognitive-developmental theory entails a concept of

Testosterone is a type of

In Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental theory, gender constancy

The belief that "it is natural for men to sow their wild oats," but that women who choose to do so are "nymphomaniacs," is evidence of

The psychological awareness of being male or female is referred to as

Gwen was born with XX chromosomes and identifies as female. This exemplifies the experience of someone who is

Which region of the world has the highest percentage of men wanting more than one sexual partner?

In the fertilization process, chromosomes from each parent combine to form

Research on heterosexual behaviours indicates that

In the absence of testosterone, the hypothalamus of a female fetus develops sensitivity to

Prenatal sexual differentiation of the brain may explain why

Margot was born with XY chromosomes and male genitals, but assumes a feminine gender role and identifies as neither male nor female. In Samoan culture, Margot would be known as