Definitions - Week 8

Question 1

Sexuality

Answer 1

An individuals erotic thoughts and activities.

Question 2

Gender Identity

Answer 2

The ability of children to identify themselves as either boys or girls.

Question 3

R Strategies

Answer 3

A reproductive strategy in which many offspring are produced with minimal investment or nurturing.

Question 4

K Strategie

Answer 4

A reproductive strategy in which few offspring are produced but each requires substantial investment in terms of resources or nurturing.

Question 5

Parental Investment Theory

Answer 5

Theory commingling from evolutionary biology that predicts differences in behaviours between males and females as a function of how much each invests in mating versus parent.

Question 6

Incest Avoidance

Answer 6

Avoiding having sex with a close relative.

Question 7

Westermarck Effect

Answer 7

the phenomenon that people who cohabitant with one another from an early in childhood rarely find one another sexually attractive, regardless of their genetic relationship.

Question 8

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Answer 8

A condition in which a fetus is exposed to excessive levels of androgen; in females this can result in greater male-stereotyped behaviours.

Question 9

Biosocial theory of gender identity and sexual orientation

Answer 9

The theory that prenatal and adolescent homes, in addition to experiences during childhood, determines one’s sexual identity.

Question 10

Sexual-minority Youth

Answer 10

Youth whose sexual orientation if not heterosexual.

Question 11

Puberty

Answer 11

Period in life in which children attain adult size and physical characteristics, including sexual maturity.

Question 12

Primary Sexual Characteristics

Answer 12

Characteristics associated directly with reproduction, such as maturation of the gonads and anatomy of the genitals.

Question 13

Secondary Sexual Characteristics

Answer 13

Physical characteristics developed in puberty that signal sexual maturity but are not directly related to changes in reproductive organs. For example, pubic and underarm hair, beasts in girls, changes in the voice or shape of the face in boys.

Question 14

Adrenarche

Answer 14

The onset of androgen production by the adrenal glands.

Question 15

Growth Spurts

Answer 15

Rapid change in growth of body occurring during puberty which typically begins earlier in girls than boys.

Question 16

Spermarche

Answer 16

A males first ejaculation

Question 17

Menarche

Answer 17

A woman’s first menstrual period