Unit 3: Module 3.2a - 3.3a

Question 1

Teratogens

Answer 1

Agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm

Question 2

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)

Answer 2

Physical and cognitive function deficits in children caused by their birth mother’s heavy drinking during pregnancy

Question 3

Maturation

Answer 3

Biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience

Question 4

Critical Period

Answer 4

An optimal period early in the life of an organism when exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces normal development

Question 5

Sex

Answer 5

The biologically influenced characteristics by which people define male, female, and intersex

Question 6

Gender

Answer 6

The attitudes, feelings, and behaviors that a give culture associates with a person’s biological sex

Question 7

Intersex

Answer 7

Possessing male and female biological sexual characteristics at birth

Question 8

Aggression

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Relational Aggression

Answer 9

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

Question 10

X Chromosome

Answer 10

The sex chromosome found in females and males. Females have 2 x chromosomes

Question 11

Y Chromosome

Answer 11

The sex chromosome typically found in only males

Question 12

Testosterone

Answer 12

The most important male sex hormone. Both males and females have it but it stimulates growth of male sex organs in the fetal period

Question 13

Etrogens

Answer 13

Sex hormones, that contribute to female sex characteristics and are secreted more in females then males

Question 14

Primary Sex Characteristics

Answer 14

The body structures that make sexual reproduction possible

Question 15

Secondary Sex Characteristics

Answer 15

No reproductive sexual traits, such as female breasts and hips

Question 16

Spermarche

Answer 16

The first ejaculation

Question 17

Menarche

Answer 17

The first menstrual period

Question 18

Role

Answer 18

A set of expectations about a social position/how people should behave based on social norms

Question 19

Gender Role

Answer 19

A set of expected behaviors and traits for men and women

Question 20

Sexual Aggression

Answer 20

Any behavior of a sexual nature that is unwanted or intended to harm someone

Question 21

Gender Identity

Answer 21

Personal sense of being male, female, neither, or some combination of male and female, regardless of whether this identity matches our sex assigned at birth

Question 22

Social Learning Theory

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Gender Typing

Answer 23

The acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role

Question 24

Androgyny

Answer 24

Blending traditionally masculine and traditionally feminine psychological characteristics