Test Bank For Transformations Women Gender And Psychology 3rd Edition by Mary Crawford

Test Bank For Transformations Women Gender And Psychology 3rd Edition by Mary Crawford

Transformations: Women, Gender and Psychology, 3e (Crawford)

Chapter 5   Sex, Gender, and Bodies

1) Identify the key assumptions about sex that were so fundamental in our society in the past that most people never thought about them.

A) There are two, and only two, sexes.

B) Sex exists as a biological fact independently of anyone’s beliefs about it.

C) Sex and gender naturally go together.

D) All of these answers are correct.

Answer:  D

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2) Which of the following statements about biological sex is FALSE?

A) No one characteristic defines sex.

B) Sex involves a cluster of biological attributes.

C) Sex is fixed at conception.

D) Sex develops gradually during prenatal development.

Answer:  C

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3) The process during which sex is formed during prenatal development is called

A) sexuality.

B) sexual differentiation.

C) gender development.

D) transsexual construction.

Answer:  B

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4) Each human being has a set of ________ chromosomes in each cell of the body.

A) 46

B) 50

C) 23

D) 25

Answer:  A

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5) Chromosome pairs that are composed of the X and Y chromosomes are called the

A) sex chromosomes.

B) gender chromosomes.

C) emotionality chromosomes.

D) autosomes.

Answer:  A

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6) Identify a true statement about autosomes.

A) Autosomes are similar in size to the X chromosome.

B) Each human being has 23 pairs of autosomes in each cell of the body.

C) Autosomes contain fewer than 50 genes each.

D) Autosomes are significantly smaller in size than the Y chromosome.

Answer:  A

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7) Genetically, a female is defined as a person who has ________ chromosomes and a male is defined as one who has ________ chromosome.

A) two Y; an X and a Y

B) two X; more than one Y

C) sex; a gender

D) two X; an X and a Y

Answer:  D

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8) The testes typically produce ________, which shape the development of a typical male body in male fetuses.

A) estrogens

B) androgens

C) gonads

D) Y chromosomes

Answer:  B

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9) In the context of sexual differentiation during fetal development, identify a function of dihydrotestosterone.

A) It prevents the embryonic sex glands from growing and developing into testes.

B) It causes the gonads to develop into a pair of female sex glands that contain eggs.

C) It causes the penis to grow and the testicles to form.

D) It prevents the internal embryonic structures from developing into female organs.

Answer:  C

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10) During the first month or so after conception, ________.

A) the genetic sex of the fetus can be determined using an ultrasound machine

B) the fetus has a structure that will become either a penis or a clitoris

C) the genetic sex of the fetus has not yet been determined

D) the genetic sex of the fetus has not yet been determined, and the fetus has a structure that will become either a penis or a clitoris

Answer:  B

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