Exam 7: The Biology of Sex and Gender

Several studies have shown that individuals who later identify as homosexual begin showing gender nonconformity in behavior at age three or four. What does this suggest about the influences on sexual orientation?

Which of the following statements about testosterone is true?

What is true of AIS individuals?

Which of the following is part of the external genitalia?

Why are modern researchers less convinced that gender-related differences in cognition and behavior have a physiological basis?

Compare and contrast the organizing versus the activating effects of hormones. Give examples of each.

Rebecca came home and discovered her pet hamsters copulating. What part of both hamsters' brains was likely active at that time?

One characteristics that may distinguish homosexual from heterosexual women is the ______.

Surprisingly, which profession is common for a large number of androgen-insensitive males?

Why does most of what we know about sexual behavior come from studies of other species like rats?

When Will turned 40, he realized he couldn't remember things as well as he used to. He went for his annual checkup, and his doctor tested him for various memory disorders. Sadly, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, a degenerative memory and movement disease, and was placed on L-DOPA therapy to help with his symptoms. To his surprise, he also noticed a(n) ______ in sexual activity as well.

Antiandrogen drugs, such as those given to some individuals convicted of sexually based crimes, are ______ in treating deviant sexual behavior.

One reason suggested for why a boy can have normal, functioning male sex organs but still believe he should be a girl is that ______.

Which of the following is true with respect to sexual orientation?

Jimmy believes he was born into the wrong sex. He has known all his life that he should have been a girl, and when he was able to, he began dressing like a woman and eventually plans to get gender reassignment surgery to make his body more feminine. Jimmy therefore is ______.

What is the relationship between testosterone and aggression?

The evolution and later reliance on our ______ system has been suggested as the reason why humans use pheromones less than other mammals as sexual cues.

You are going to have a blind date with someone named Sam, and your friend says that Sam has testicles. Sam also feels feminine and prefers to have long hair and long, painted fingernails. What is true about Sam?

Which of the following makes it difficult to determine if there are gender-related differences in behavior and cognition?

Which of the following is true about CAH syndrome?