Exam 10: Gender

When sexual preference rates are compared between men and women, what do researchers find?

What are possible benefits of the real-life experience stage of gender transition?

Katie has XY chromosomes, but she was raised as a female, appears female, and identifies as heterosexual. Which hormonal variation does she likely have?

What is the term used in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) to diagnose distress from the discrepancy between one's felt gender identity and one's biological sex, and/or the gender one was assigned at birth?

What do social role theorists believe causes gender differences in sexual roles?

__________ determines the sex based on the presence of ovaries or testicles, while __________ determines the sex based on levels of estrogens and androgens.

People who consider gender on a continuum and do not want to label themselves at a specific point on that continuum will identify as __________.

An individual with Klinefelter's syndrome has the __________ chromosomal pattern.

Angela carries the sex chromosome pair XO. Which disorder of sexual development does Angela have?

A person who is transgender differs from a person who is transsexual in what way?

What term is used to describe the following two forms of learning? Observational learning, where children watch and emulate the behaviours and choices of other children and adults and operational learning or shaping, whereby gender conforming behaviours are reinforced and gender non-conforming behaviours are punished.

Which theory supports the idea that gender differences can be affected by factors such as who controls resources?

A group of conditions in which the reproductive organs and/or genitals develop differently than expected is known as __________.

An unborn baby has the SOX9 gene. This means the baby will develop __________.

In what case can a genotype differ from a phenotype?

Around the age of puberty, Pat began to be interested in dressing as the other sex, and as an adult, Pat finds appearing to be the opposite sex sexually arousing. Pat is attracted to members of the opposite sex. Pat is likely which of the following?

Ray identifies as intersex but does not have any chromosomal or hormonal irregularities. What may have caused Ray to identify as intersex?

Candace has a higher conservative attitude towards casual sex than her friend Pharrell. Which theoretical framework would attribute this difference in sexuality to the fact that media often portray women as sexualized objects?

A transwoman who was very feminine in manner and appearance as a child is likely to identify as __________.

The idea that gender differences result from the differences in the number of offspring a male and female can each produce is known as __________ __________ __________.