Gender Chapter Study

Question 1

Gender biases…

Answer 1

hurt real people in real-world situations.

Question 2

Differences between men’s and women’s brains can be viewed from several lenses

Answer 2

• Genetic
• Neuroanatomical
• Behavioral

Question 3

A person is made up of how many chromosomes?

Answer 3

• 46 total chromosomes
  -23 from your mother & 23 from your father

Question 4

Chromosomes & Sex

Answer 4

• Y chromosome comes from father
• fathers determine sex
  -Default embryo is female

Question 5

Women & Men…

Answer 5

Communicate differently which leads to them building relationships differently

Question 6

Hemispheres

Answer 6

Women tend to use both hemispheres when speaking and processing verbal info

Men tend to use only one

Question 7

Brains and Stress

Answer 7

Men brains start to fire up the amygdala on the right side when stressed

Their left side stays silent

Women are the opposite

Question 8

X Chromosome…

Answer 8

Is a “hot spot”

Question 9

Neuroanatomy

Answer 9

An area in the brain where sex can change the makeup of the brain

The Cortex controls most of our decision making
- certain parts are fatter in women brains than men

Question 10

Limbic System

Answer 10

Where the amygdala controls our emotions is found to be large in men than women

Question 11

Males Synthesize serotonin how much percent?

Answer 11

52% faster than women

Question 12

X inactive

Answer 12

Comes from when the female embryo must choose from one of the two present X chromosomes

Question 13

SRY

Answer 13

Part of the Y chromosome that determines sex
- add to X chromosomes to get Y, changing the embryo from female to —-male
-SR stands for “Sex Reversal”

• Discovered by David Page, a molecular sex therapist