BIOLOGICAL THEORIES OF GENDER

Question 1

suggests there is no distinction between sex and gender

Answer 1

Biological approach

Question 2

gender is determined by _______ and _______.

Answer 2

Hormones, chromosomes

Question 3

contains genes for masculine trait

Answer 3

XY chromosomes

Question 4

contains genes for feminine traits

Answer 4

XX chromosomes

Question 5

posited that masculine and feminine traits are already coded in the chromosomes

Answer 5

Biological theory

Question 6

_______ is fragile

Answer 6

Y chromosome

Question 7

_______ is sturdy

Answer 7

X chromosome

Question 8

having typical sex chromosome means the person’s body and behavior looks like a typical male or female but these chromosome do not align tp their birth sex

Answer 8

Typical sex chromosome

Question 9

SRY gene

Answer 9

Sex Determining Region Y gene

Question 10

sexual development does not match the affected chromosomal make up

Answer 10

Swyer syndrome

Question 11

genetic condition that results when a boy is born with an extra copy of X chromosome

Answer 11

Klinefelter syndrome

Question 12

help regulate many bodily processes such as sleep, appetite, and growth

Answer 12

Hormones

Question 13

those that play an essential role in sexual development and reproduction

Answer 13

Sex hormones

Question 14

process by which organisms adapt to the environment

Answer 14

Natural selection

Question 15

core basic assumptions

Answer 15

1. All living species struggle for existence
2. Variation in hereditary traits exist within species
3. The result of the first two assumptions is natural selection