Finals: Sexual Behavior

Question 1

• An individual’s genetic sex begins with sex chromosomes inherited from two parents.
• Mothers provide an X chromosome to all their offspring;
• Fathers determine the offspring’s sex by providing either another X ( producing a female) or a Y chromosome (producing a male).

Answer 1

Sexual development

Question 2

• The internal organs, ovaries in females and testes in males, that produce reproductive cells (eggs and sperm) and secrete sex hormones.

Answer 2

Gonads

Question 3

• The external sexual organs, including the penis and scrotum in males and the labia, clitoris, and lower third of the vagina in females.

Answer 3

External genitalia

Question 4

• A condition in which elements of both male and female development occur in the same fetus.

Answer 4

Intersex

Question 5

• Male gonads; source of sperm and sex hormones.

Answer 5

Testes

Question 6

The internal system that develops into seminal vesicles, vas deferens, and the prostate gland in males.

Answer 6

Wolffian system

Question 7

• The internal system that develops into a uterus, fallopian tubes, and the upper two thirds of the vagina in the absence of anti-Müllerian hormone.

Answer 7

Müllerian system

Question 8

• An androgen produced primarily in the testes.

Answer 8

Testosterone

Question 9

• A hormone secreted by fetal testes that causes the degeneration of the Müllerian system.

Answer 9

Anti-Müllerian hormone

Question 10

• A steroid hormone that develops and maintains typically masculine characteristics.

Answer 10

Androgen

Question 11

• Female gonads; the source of ova and sex hormones.

Answer 11

Ovaries

Question 12

• A gene located on the short arm of the Y chromosome that encodes for testis-determining factor.

Answer 12

sex-determining region of the Y chromosome (SRY)

Question 13

• include facial hair and a deeper voice for males and wider hips and breast development for females.

Answer 13

Secondary sex characteristics

Question 14

The average age of puberty has dropped dramatically over the past century and a half, from about_____ to about _____ years of age.

Answer 14

16 to about 12 yrs of age

Question 15

A hormone released by the hypothalamus that stimulates the release of lutenizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) by the anterior pituitary gland.

Answer 15

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)

Question 16

• A hormone released by the anterior pituitary that stimulates the development of eggs in the ovaries and sperm in the testes.

Answer 16

Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)

Question 17

A hormone released by the anterior pituitary that signals the male testes to produce testosterone and that regulates the menstrual cycle in females.

Answer 17

Luteinizing hormone -

Question 18

also affects a male’s hairline and can result in baldness later in adulthood.

Answer 18

Testosterone

Question 19

In females, ____ produces breast growth, maturity of the external genitalia, maturity of the uterus, and changes in fat distribution and quantity.

Answer 19

estradiol

Question 20

are classified as steroids, chemicals that are synthesized from cholesterol in the gonads and in lesser amounts, in the adrenal glands.

Answer 20

Sex hormones

Question 21

One of several clusters of cells in the ovary each of which contains an egg cell.

Answer 21

Follicle

Question 22

• A female reproductive cell, or egg.

Answer 22

Ovum

Question 23

• The process of releasing a mature egg from the ovary.

Answer 23

Ovulation

Question 24

• A hormone produced in the corpus luteum that prevents the development of additional follicles and promotes the growth of the uterine lining.

Answer 24

Progesterone

Question 25

- A condition in which some women experience physical and psychological symptoms immediately prior to the onset of menstruation.

Answer 25

Premenstrual syndrome

Question 26

- A condition in which premenstrual mood changes are unusually severe.

Answer 26

Premenstural dysphoric disorder (PMDD)

Question 27

- A condition in which mothers who have recently given birth experience feelings of depression due to their rapidly changing hormonal environment.

Answer 27

Postpartum depression

Question 28

who made the the triangular theory of love?

Answer 28

Robert Sternberg

Question 29

- encompasses teelings of attachment, closeness, connectedness, and bondedness.

Answer 29

Intimacy

Question 30

- encompasses drives connected to both limerance and sexual attraction.

Answer 30

Passion

Question 31

- encompasses, in the short term, the decision to remain with another, and in the long term, the shared achievements and plans made with that other person.

Answer 31

Commitment

Question 32

• Intimate human relationships start in acquaintanceship. Crucial stage is attraction. Attraction can take place in an enabling environment.

Answer 32

Acquaintance

Question 33

- closeness

Answer 33

Proximity

Question 34

- repeated interaction

Answer 34

Exposure

Question 35

- common preferences

Answer 35

Similarity

Question 36

• The stage when two persons test their boundaries. They test the waters before engaging fully and so committedly in the relationship.

Answer 36

Buildup

Question 37

• The stage is when people commits to a long-term relationship with one another, either through a personal agreement. • Ex. What makes a people commit to a relationship, maybe to the point of marriage?

Answer 37

Consolidation and Continuation

Question 38

• The stage is when people commits to a long-term relationship with one another, either through a personal agreement. • Ex. What makes a people commit to a relationship, maybe to the point of marriage?

Answer 38

Consolidation and Continuation

Question 39

for those intimate partnerships who are unable to address the causes and circumstances leading deterioration to the of their relationship, the stages culminate into ending or termination of the agreements made.

Answer 39

Ending

Question 40

• Unfortunately, some intimate partnerships are unable to sustain and maintain their commitments or attraction.

Answer 40

Decline or Deterioration