Exam 10: Gender: Expectations, Roles, and Behaviors

If Tony is like most preschool children in the U.S.,he watches TV an average of ________ per week.

Approximately ________ of the characters in television programs are male.

Pat's gender identity is the opposite of his biological sex.He would be referred to as ________.

Christopher has been diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome.If he displayed the most common physical signs and symptoms,which of the following would that include?

The ________ argument downplays genetic influences and focuses on sociocultural factors as responsible for producing gender differences.

Kyle is genetically a male; this means he received a(n)________.

Your ________ was determined by your DNA at conception,but your ________ developed during the months and years after conception.

Society influences and molds the behavior of its members through a process known as ________.

A trend in which Americans travel to countries such as Thailand to have sex reassignment surgery at half the cost of American hospitals is called _______.

In the presence of the Y sex chromosome,male hormones called ________ are secreted.This causes the fetus to develop testicles,a penis,and male internal sexual anatomy.

How do gender stereotypes develop?

Discuss the concept known as androgyny.

Studies have found that people who are more androgynous appear to be ________ than those who are strongly sex-typed.

Men have been found to display which of the following sexual attitudes and desires more than women?

When male-to-female transsexuals receive the female hormones estrogen and progesterone,which of the following changes is likely to result?

Audrey is now 3 years old.Which of the following understandings of gender has she developed at this age?

A ________ individual may be a biological male who perceives herself as female,and is uncomfortable with her male sexual body and society's expectations that she "behaves like a male."

_____ refers to stress or discomfort stemming from the self-knowledge that one's biological sex does not conform to his or her personal gender identity.

Like most children,Bev and Barbie's ideas of gender roles are affected by which of the following?

Discuss the influences of parents on our gender role development.