Lecture 6: Sex and Gender

Question 1

Gender dysphoria

Answer 1

Individuals who do not identify as the sex they were assigned at birth.

Question 2

Gender euphoria

Answer 2

Feeling of happiness experienced from moving away from one’s birth-assigned gender.

Question 3

Hormone replacement therapy

Answer 3

Use of hormones to make one’s body look more like one’s gender identity.

Question 4

Sexual orientation and the brain

Answer 4

Greater prenatal exposure to testosterone
causes male-typical brain development and partner preference. Lower levels of prenatal testosterone lead to female-typical brain development and partner preference.

Question 5

Intersexual selection

Answer 5

Members of the same sex compete in order to win the opportunity to mate with members of the opposite sex.

Question 6

Intersexual selection

Answer 6

Members of one sex select a mating partner based on their desirable traits.

Question 7

Kinsey scale

Answer 7

Used to advertise an individual’s sexual orientation

Question 8

Male sexual response period

Answer 8

Single orgasm followed by a refractory period.

Question 9

Gender roles

Answer 9

Refers to accepted attitudes and behaviours of males and females in society.

Question 10

Chemicals released during orgasm

Answer 10

Oxytocin, dopamine.