Exam 5: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

It is most likely that in many cultures women's leadership responsibilities have been limited by their

When pregnant sheep were injected with testosterone during a critical period of fetal development, their female offspring later demonstrated

Sets of expected behaviors for males or for females are called

Mr. Jen experiences distressing and recurrent urges to inflict suffering on other people in order to become sexually aroused. His difficulty best illustrates

Dominick responds to his daughter's fistfight with, "Good girls don't fight!" When his son has a fistfight he says, "Did you win?!" Dominick's comments are most likely to encourage

In the process of portraying women as sexual objects, the mass media are most likely to promote

Gender refers to the ________ characteristics by which a culture defines male and female.

Female fetuses ________ exposed to testosterone and male fetuses ________ exposed to testosterone appear most likely later to experience same-sex desires.

Increased levels of body fat in females has been suggested as partially responsible for an early onset of

When teased by his older sister, 9-year-old Vijay does not cry because he has learned that boys are not expected to. Vijay's behavior best illustrates the importance of

One early influence of prenatal testosterone is on the organism's

Gender identity refers to

Sexual maturation occurs during

Understanding gender differences in behavior as a result of the interplay of gender roles, sex hormones, and individual experiences is most clearly provided by

Gender identity refers to

Children tend to classify toys and songs as either masculine or feminine. This behavior is most likely to facilitate the process of

Women and men are most likely to be attracted to strongly gender-typed mates in cultures characterized by

The fraternal birth-order refers to a factor associated with

The sex chromosome found in both men and women is called the ________ chromosome.

Among unmarried American teens, sexual abstinence is more likely for those with ________ levels of intelligence and ________ levels of religious engagement.