Exam 15: Human Sexuality and Gender

Treatment with _____ drugs can prevent the transmission of HIV from mother to infant at birth.

One hypothesis regarding gender differences in cognitive strengths is that prenatal exposure to _____ affects the development of the brain as well as the body.

Biological sex and psychological gender are _____

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding spatial abilities?

Biology also influences sexual behavior. Women have the strongest desire for sex around the time they _____, which would be predicted by _____ theory.

A combination of _____ masculine and feminine characteristics in one person was termed _____ by Bem.

Bill and Mary have a teenage daughter and a teenage son the same age. According to observations of interactions between parents and teenagers, we would expect which of the following to be true?

Parents' beliefs about their children's abilities have been shown to _____

Amanda is ten. According to gender schema theory, it is likely that she is refining her gender schema by identifying the difference between the _____ and the _____ components of gender-related expectations.

Explain the difference between intersex, transgender, and transexual.

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)causes the production of too much androgen during prenatal development. Which of the following statements is TRUE of a female fetus with CAH?

When sexual contact is made without consent or by force with a vulnerable person it is called _____.

Several sexually transmitted bacterial infections are particularly dangerous for women because, unlike in men, they cause _____.

Sex is a _____ term.

AIDS-related dementia can result from the thinning of the _____.

When I think of weddings, I think of a white bridal gown, a church, a bridal bouquet, an exchange of rings, and a big cake. I think of weddings this way, even though many weddings I have attended have not included all those things. The way I think of weddings is based on my _____ for weddings and that my brain created it from _____ wedding.

When it comes to math ability, which of the following statements is correct?

Public health officials want to commit money for HIV/AIDS prevention to screening for _____ because they increase the risk of transmitting HIV to others.

In a CDC 2011 survey, approximately _____ percent of individuals responded that they identified themselves as bisexual.

The belief that natural selection has shaped mating strategies to benefit the survival of offspring is consistent with a(n)_____ theory of gender role development.