Human Sexual Behavior Exam 3
Clemson
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Excel & Succeed - academic year (2026-2027)
226 Q&A
Gender identity
Is your subjective sense of being a man or a woman.
Gender identity
Gender roles
Norms about the behaviors and attitudes of men and women
Xx; xy
A person's genetic sex is determined at conception by the combination of an
egg,
which has an x chromosome for sex, and a sperm, which can have either an x
or
a y chromosome. ________ combinations usually result in girls, while ______
combinations usually produce boys.
Klinefelter's; turner's
There are over 70 known irregularities in chromosome combinations. These
include men with one or more extra x chromosomes, _______ syndrome, and
women with only one x chromosome, ______ syndrome.
,Testosterone; girl
Hormones determine whether an embryo will develop anatomically to be a boy
or
a girl. Unless there are high levels of ________ at this critical stage of prenatal
development, nature has programmed the body to develop into a ________.
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Hormone disorders before birth can result in a mismatch between genetic and
anatomical sex, or a baby whose external genitalia are ambiguous in
appearance.
The most common condition in girls is called _______.
Gender dysphoria
Some individuals feel that they are trapped inside a body of the wrong sex, a
feeling called _______.
Transgendered
Persons whose gender identity does not match their biological sex are called
__________. They often elect to undergo sex reassignment surgery.
Transgendered
Freudian; social learning
Studies with individuals with disorders of sex development or gender
incongruences suggest that gender identity is determined, in large part, by
biology. This is not to say that the environment does not play a role. ______
theory emphasizes unconscious identification with the parent of the same sex,
while _______ theory emphasizes the role of reinforcement and imitation.
Gender constancy; 6 or 7
Cognitive-developmental theory states that children do not acquire the
concept of
_______ until the age of _______.
Evolutionary (sociobiological); sociocultural
, ______ theory says that psychological sex differences between men and
women
are inherent and the result of different reproductive pressures each faced over
thousands of generations. _______ theory emphasizes the role of the
environment or social context in influencing the way gender roles develop over
the life span. In either case, the development of gender roles begins before a
False
T/f: transgendered and transsexual mean the same thing.
True
T/f: hormone levels in the second half of pregnancy alter brain anatomy to be
either
male or female
True
T/f: by the age of 3, children know whether they are a boy or a girl, but do not
understand that this cannot change.
True
T/f:in the absence of testosterone during embryonic development, we would
all be
born anatomically a girl.
True
T/f: fathers tend to treat their children in more gender-stereotypic ways than
do
mothers.
True
T/f: according to social learning theory, imitation is a process by which
children may
learn gender identity and gender roles.
True
T/f: the rise of industrialization helped create the male gender role of being
independent and unemotional.
Clemson
-exam elaborations with 100% verified answer/solutions-
Excel & Succeed - academic year (2026-2027)
226 Q&A
Gender identity
Is your subjective sense of being a man or a woman.
Gender identity
Gender roles
Norms about the behaviors and attitudes of men and women
Xx; xy
A person's genetic sex is determined at conception by the combination of an
egg,
which has an x chromosome for sex, and a sperm, which can have either an x
or
a y chromosome. ________ combinations usually result in girls, while ______
combinations usually produce boys.
Klinefelter's; turner's
There are over 70 known irregularities in chromosome combinations. These
include men with one or more extra x chromosomes, _______ syndrome, and
women with only one x chromosome, ______ syndrome.
,Testosterone; girl
Hormones determine whether an embryo will develop anatomically to be a boy
or
a girl. Unless there are high levels of ________ at this critical stage of prenatal
development, nature has programmed the body to develop into a ________.
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Hormone disorders before birth can result in a mismatch between genetic and
anatomical sex, or a baby whose external genitalia are ambiguous in
appearance.
The most common condition in girls is called _______.
Gender dysphoria
Some individuals feel that they are trapped inside a body of the wrong sex, a
feeling called _______.
Transgendered
Persons whose gender identity does not match their biological sex are called
__________. They often elect to undergo sex reassignment surgery.
Transgendered
Freudian; social learning
Studies with individuals with disorders of sex development or gender
incongruences suggest that gender identity is determined, in large part, by
biology. This is not to say that the environment does not play a role. ______
theory emphasizes unconscious identification with the parent of the same sex,
while _______ theory emphasizes the role of reinforcement and imitation.
Gender constancy; 6 or 7
Cognitive-developmental theory states that children do not acquire the
concept of
_______ until the age of _______.
Evolutionary (sociobiological); sociocultural
, ______ theory says that psychological sex differences between men and
women
are inherent and the result of different reproductive pressures each faced over
thousands of generations. _______ theory emphasizes the role of the
environment or social context in influencing the way gender roles develop over
the life span. In either case, the development of gender roles begins before a
False
T/f: transgendered and transsexual mean the same thing.
True
T/f: hormone levels in the second half of pregnancy alter brain anatomy to be
either
male or female
True
T/f: by the age of 3, children know whether they are a boy or a girl, but do not
understand that this cannot change.
True
T/f:in the absence of testosterone during embryonic development, we would
all be
born anatomically a girl.
True
T/f: fathers tend to treat their children in more gender-stereotypic ways than
do
mothers.
True
T/f: according to social learning theory, imitation is a process by which
children may
learn gender identity and gender roles.
True
T/f: the rise of industrialization helped create the male gender role of being
independent and unemotional.
