UNIT 4 Gender & Sexuality Practice Test
1.Women are somewhat more likely than men to feel bisexual attractions. This best illustrates a gender difference in their
A)sexual response cycle.
B)set points.
C)basal metabolic rate.
D)refractory periods.
E)erotic plasticity.
2.The “rooting reflex” refers to a baby's tendency to
A)look longer at human faces than at inanimate objects.
B)open the mouth in search of a nipple when touched on the cheek.
C)be startled by a loud noise.
D)withdraw a limb to escape pain.
E)turn the head away from a cloth placed over the face.
3.Men and women are most likely to differ in their
A)aggressiveness.
B)happiness.
C)social identity.
D)self-esteem.
E)intelligence.
4.A baby girl receives a(n)
A)X chromosome from her father and mother.
B)partial components of both the Y and X chromosomes from both parents.
C)Y chromosome from her father.
D)Y chromosome from her mother.
E)Y chromosome from her father and mother.
5.Gender differences in erotic plasticity are best illustrated by the fact that women
A)experience a sexual response cycle that responds to homeostasis levels.
B)become aware of their sexual orientation much earlier in life than men do.
C)have longer refractory periods than men do.
D)are less likely than men to be equally aroused by male and female erotic stimuli.
E)tend to be more changeable than men in sexual orientation.
6.The symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome demonstrate that alcohol is a
A)form of DNA.
B)hallucinogen.
C)placebo.
D)teratogen.
E)neurotransmitter.
7.Sierra, a 28-year-old heroin addict, is pregnant. Her baby will be born
A)hyperactive.
B)visually impaired.
C)with Down syndrome.
D)with schizophrenia.
E)a heroin addict.
8.Women's sexual orientation tends to be ______felt than men's, and potentially ______and changing than men's.
A)less strongly; less fluid
B)more strongly; equally fluid
C)less strongly; more fluid
D)equally strongly; equally fluid
E)equally strongly; more fluid
9.Our sexual attraction toward members of either the same sex or the opposite sex is called our
A)sexual orientation.
B)sexual identity.
C)gender identity.
D)set point.
E)sexual response cycle.
10.It has been suggested that the fraternal birth-order effect is a result of
A)refractory periods.
B)basal metabolic rate.
C)erotic plasticity.
D)maternal immune systems.
E)mass-media norms.
11.By manipulating a single gene, scientists have been able to control sexual orientation in
A)fruit flies.
B)humans.
C)mice.
D)rats.
E)chimpanzees.
12.Nutrients and oxygen are transferred from a mother to a fetus through the
A)teratogens.
B)placenta.
C)association areas.
D)embryo.
E)neural networks.
13.A mother's immune system may have a defensive response to substances produced by male fetuses. This is most likely to contribute to
A)the fraternal birth-order effect.
B)a refractory period.
C)the sexual response cycle.
D)sexually transmitted infections.
E)erotic plasticity.
14.Gender role refers to
A)how masculine a boy is or how feminine a girl is.
B)a set of expected behaviors for males and females.
C)one's biological sex.
D)a sense of being male or female.
E)a sense of being homosexual or heterosexual.
15.A homosexual orientation is
A)very persistent and difficult to change.
B)equally likely among members of both sexes.
C)characteristic of over 10 percent of American males.
D)associated with a lack of clear gender identity.
E)a result of being sexually victimized during childhood.
16.Research on the environmental conditions that influence sexual orientation indicates that
A)the reported backgrounds of homosexuals and heterosexuals are similar.
B)homosexuals are more likely than heterosexuals to have been sexually abused during childhood.
C)homosexuals are more likely than heterosexuals to have been exposed to a gay or lesbian schoolteacher.
D)homosexuals are more likely than heterosexuals to have been overprotected by their mothers.
E)homosexuals are more likely than heterosexuals to have been raised in a father-absent home.
17.Simon LeVay discovered that a neural cluster located in the ______was larger in heterosexual men than in homosexual men.
A)amygdala
B)medulla
C)cerebellum
D)hippocampus.
E)hypothalamus
18.During the course of successful prenatal development, a human organism begins as a(n)
A)embryo and finally develops into a fetus.
B)fetus and finally develops into an embryo.
C)zygote and finally develops into an embryo.
D)zygote and finally develops into a fetus.
19.When teased by his older sister, 9-year-old Waldo does not cry because he has learned that boys are not expected to. Waldo's behavior best illustrates the importance of
A)gender roles.
B)stereotypes.
C)self-concept.
D)testosterone.
E)temperament.
20.Compared with men who do not have older brothers, men who have older brothers are somewhat more likely to experience
A)a sexual response cycle.
B)obesity.
C)anorexia nervosa.
D)a homosexual orientation.
E)a refractory period.
21.A person's sense of being male or female is his or her gender
A)role.
B)type.
C)schema.
D)habituation.
E)identity.
22.When exposed to a scent derived from men's sweat, gay and straight men responded differently in the area of the ______that governs sexual arousal.
A)hippocampus
B)motor cortex
C)cerebellum
D)hypothalamus
E)reticular formation
23.More than a dozen national surveys in the early 1990s indicated that in both Europe and the United States, about ______percent of men are gay and about ______percent of women are lesbian.
A)3 or 4; 3 or 4
B)10 or 11; 10 or 11
C)5 or 6; 10 or 11
D)10 or 11; 5 or 6
E)3 or 4; 1 or 2
24.Harmful chemicals or viruses that can be transferred from a mother to her developing fetus are called
A)teratogens.
B)menarche.
C)zygotes.
D)attachments.
E)schemas.