Chapter 5

Question 1

what is gender?

Answer 1

socially influenced characteristics by which people define men and women

Question 2

what is asexual?

Answer 2

not attracted to people at all

Question 3

what are gender roles?

Answer 3

expected behaviors, attitudes, traits for males or females

Question 4

the 7 animals; that have been observed to have same sexual behaviors

Answer 4

swans, penguins, owls, gorillas, monkies, flamingo’s, grizzlies

Question 5

distress due to infrequently or neevr experiencing an orgasm

Answer 5

female orgasmic disorder

Question 6

what is the direction of one’ sexual attraction?

Answer 6

sexual orientation

Question 7

androgyny

Answer 7

displaying both taditional masucline and feminine psychological characteristics

Question 8

gender typing

Answer 8

aqusition of a traditional masculine or feminine roles

Question 9

one cell cluster was found to be reliably larger in heterosexual men than in women and homosexual men is what part of the brain?

Answer 9

hypothalamus

Question 10

a theory we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished

Answer 10

social learning theory

Question 11

in psychology, the biologically influences characteristics by which people define males and females

Answer 11

sex

Question 12

any physical or verbal behavior intended to harm someone physically or emotionally

Answer 12

aggression

Question 13

gender identity

Answer 13

sense of being male, female, or some combo of the two

Question 14

what is relational aggression?

Answer 14

the act of aggression intended to harm a person’s relationship or social standing

Question 15

what is erectile disorder?

Answer 15

inability to develop or maintain an errection due to insufficient blood flow

Question 16

what is a role?

Answer 16

set of expectations about a social position defining how those in the position ought to behave

Question 17

in the 4th stage of the sexual response cycle, men enter a refractory period which is?

Answer 17

a resting period after orgasm, during which a man cannot achieve another orgasm

Question 18

what is sexual orietntation?

Answer 18

enduring sexual attraction towards members of ones own sex, other sex, or both

Question 19

a condition present at birth that involves unusual development of sex chromosomes and anatomy

Answer 19

disorder of sexual development

Question 20

testosterone is the most important…?

Answer 20

mal sex hormone

Question 21

the first menstrual period is known as…?

Answer 21

menarche

Question 22

estrogens are sex horomones such as estradiol, secreted in great amounts by females than males, and conrtributes to female…?

Answer 22

sex characteristics