Exam 11: Reproductive Behaviors

A woman's hypothalamus and pituitary interact with the ____ to produce the menstrual cycle.

Girls who are exposed to higher than normal androgen levels during prenatal development tend to:

In one study, women in the follicular phase, when the probability of becoming pregnant is greatest, preferred male faces that were:

The result of all the testosterone-induced changes during sexual differentiation is:

What would cause a genetic female to develop a partly masculinized anatomy?

Describe some of the evidence that brain anatomy may differ as a function of sexual orientation.

Genetic males whose penis is damaged or removed shortly after birth and are then reared as females:

The process of ____ changes testosterone into estradiol.

Unlike male prairie voles, male meadow voles show ____ preference to sitting near a female with which he has just mated.

What would cause a mammal to develop the anatomy of a male, regardless of its chromosomes?

Many female mammals become very attentive after delivering their babies largely because of a sudden:

Data gathered by studies such as the LeVay study suggest that:

The sexually dimorphic nucleus is part of the:

____ prepares the uterus for pregnancy.

Sexual differentiation begins with:

Viagra facilitates sexual arousal in males by:

Which of the following depends on an organizing effect of hormones?

Describe the steps in the normal prenatal development of the male reproductive structures.

Estrogens directly stimulate parts of the prefrontal cortex that are important for:

Which of the following tends to be more important for women than men in choosing a mate?