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What are chromosomes made from?

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DNA

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Genes are short sections of what?

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DNA

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Genes are short sections of DNA that determine…

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the characteristics of a living thing

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How many chromosomes are in the human body?

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46

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There are __ chromosomes in the human body that are arranged into __ pairs

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46, 23

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How are the 46 chromosomes in the human body arrange?

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Into 23 pairs

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Which pair of chromosomes determines biological sex?

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The last

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What is the chromosomal structure for females?

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XX

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What is the chromosomal structure for males?

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XY

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Why are the chromosomal structures for biological sex named XX and XY?

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Because of how they appear when viewed under a microscope

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All normal egg cells produced by a human ovary have an _ chromosome

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X

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Which chromosome is carried by sperm?

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Either an X or Y

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What is a baby’s sex determined by?

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The sperm that fertilises the egg cell

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The baby will be female if the fertilising sperm carries an _ chromosome

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X

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The baby will be male if the fertilising sperm carries a _ chromosome

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Y

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What gene does the Y chromosome carry?

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A gene called the ‘sex-determining region Y’ or ‘SRY’ for short

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What is SRY short for?

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Sex-determining region Y

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What does the SRY gene cause?

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Testes to develop in an XY embryo that produce androgens - male sex hormones

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Androgens

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Male sex hormones

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If testes develop in an XY embryo, what do these produce?

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Androgens

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True/False: All babies follow the same basic pattern of XX or XY chromosomes

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False, e.g. in cases such as Turners

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What initially determine a person’s sex?

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Chromosomes

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Although chromosomes initially determine a person’s sex, most gender development actually comes about through the influence of…

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hormones

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Prenatally in the womb, ________ act upon brain development and cause development of reproductive organs

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Where do hormones act upon brain development and cause development of reproductive organs?
Prenatally in the womb
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At puberty, during adolescence, a burst of what triggers the development of secondary sexual characteristics?
Hormonal activity
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When does a burst of hormonal activity trigger the development of secondary sexual characteristics
At puberty, during adolescence
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True/False: Pubic hair is an example of a secondary sexual characteristic
True
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True/False: Males and females produce many of the same hormones
True
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Males and females produce many of the same hormones but in...
different concentrations
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Of primary importance in male development are a number of hormones called what?
Androgens
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What is the most widely known androgen?
Testosterone
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Of primary importance in male/female development are a number of hormones called androgens, most widely known of which is testosterone
male
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True/False: Testosterone is present in small quantities in women
True
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Testosterone is a male/female hormone
male
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Which hormone controls the development of male sex organs during foetal development?a
Testosterone
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What happens if a genetic male produces no testosterone during foetal development?
No male sex organs appear
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What happens if a genetic female produces high levels of testosterone during foetal development?
Male sex organs may appear
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According to evolutionary explanation, high levels of testosterone are also linked to aggression because...
it is adaptive
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According to evolutionary explanation, aggression towards rivals allows males to do what?
Compete for the opportunity to mate with a fertile female
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According to evolutionary explanation, the fact that women tend children means that men are more likely to take on what role?
The hunter role
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According to evolutionary explanation, the fact that women tend children means that men are more likely to take on the hunter role, and their success would be enhanced by...
aggressiveness
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True/False: Evidence supports the role of sex hormones in gender development even in mature males
True
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Who was the link between increased testosterone and sexual behaviour confirmed by?
Christina Wang et al. (2000)
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Male hypogonadism
A condition caused by a man's testes failing to produce normal levels of the male sex hormone, testosterone
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What did Wang et al. (2000) do?
Gave 227 hypogonadal men testosterone therapy for 180 days
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Who gave 227 hypogonadal men testosterone therapy for 180 days?
Wang et al. (2000)
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Wang et al. (2000) gave ___ hypogonadal men testosterone therapy for 180 days
227
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Wang et al. (2000) gave 227 ___________ men testosterone therapy for 180 days
hypogonadal
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Wang et al. (2000) gave 227 hypogonadal men _________ therapy for 180 days
testosterone
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Wang et al. (2000) gave 227 hypogonadal men testosterone therapy for ___ days
180
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Give 2 examples of things that Wang et al. (2000) monitored when giving 227 hypogonadal men testosterone therapy for 180 days
Any 2 from changes in body shape, muscle strength, sexual function and libido
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Wang et al. (2000) found that testosterone replacement improved what in their sample?
Sexual function, libido and mood and significant increases in muscle strength
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Wang et al. (2000)'s study into testosterone therapy for hypogonadal men shows that testosterone exerts a powerful and direct influence on which two things?
Male sexual arousal as well as physical development in adulthood
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Daryl O'Connor et al. (2004)'s evidence for the effect of testosterone is more/less convincing
less
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What kind of study did O'Connor et al. (2004) conduct?
A double-blind placebo study
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What did O'Connor et al. (2004) do?
Increased testosterone levels in healthy young men
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What did O'Connor et al. (2004) find from increasing testosterone levels in healthy young men?
There were no significant increases in the interactional (ie. frequency of sexual intercourse) or non-interactional (i.e. sex drive) components of sexual behaviour in participants
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Notably, the men in O'Connor et al. (2004)'s study experienced what kind of change in their aggression or anger levels during the investigation?
No change

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