Gender and sexuality

2 November 2023
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__________(Men/Women) are more likely to commit relational aggression, and _______(men/women) are more likely to commit physical aggression
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Women, Men
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Adolescence is marked by the onset of ________
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puberty
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The primary male sex hormone is ________. The primary female sex hormones are the _____________.
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testosterone, estrogens
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The inability to complete the sexual response cycle may be considered a _________. Exhibitionism would be considered a ______________
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Sexual dysfunction, paraphilia
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Females and males are very similar to each other. But one way they differ is __________
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girls tend to play in small groups, while boys tend to play in large groups
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The fertilized egg will develop into a boy if it receives a _______ chromosome from its father
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Y
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Primary sex characteristics relate to ______; secondary sex characteristics refer to ____________
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reproductive organs, nonreproductive organs
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On average, girls begin puberty at about the age of ______, boys at about the age of ________
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11,13
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Those born with sexual anatomy that differs from "standard" male or female babies may be considered __________
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intersex
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Gender role refers to ___________
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expectations about the way males and females should behave
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When children have developed a ___________, they have a sense of being male or female
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gender identity
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a striking effect of hormonal change on human sexual behavior is the ________
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Sharp rise in sexual interest at puberty
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In describing the sexual response cycle, Masters and Johnson noted that ___________
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men experience a refractory period during which they cannot experience orgasm
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The use of condoms during sex ________ reduce the risk of getting HIV and ___________ fully protect against skin to skin STI's
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does, doesn't
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An example of an external stimulus that might influence sexual behavior is ___________
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a sexually explicit film
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Factors contributing to unplanned teen pregnancies include _______
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alcohol use
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Evolutionary psychologists are most likely to focus on ____________
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natural selection of the fittest adaptions