LearningCurve: 5a. Gender Development

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In her business meetings, Leslie is very vocal with her opinions and even slightly intimidating to her colleagues. This behavior is somewhat unusual because women tend to be more _____ than men.

democratic

Compared with women, men tend to be LESS vulnerable to _____ and anxiety.

depression

Donna's parents divorced when she was a little girl. Her mother works two jobs and they eat a lot of fast food. It is likely that Donna will:

experience menarche at an earlier age

Of your _____ chromosomes, _____ are considered unisex.

46; 45

Menarche is to a girl's sexual development as _____ is to a boy's sexual development.

spermarche

Almost all the girls in a class are taller than the boys. Most likely the girls and boys are:

12.

Jenny has agreed to babysit for a family that has a 6-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl. What can Jenny possibly anticipate with respect to the behavioral differences between the children?

The girl will spend more time talking to Jenny, while the boy will spend more time in physically active play.

This sex chromosome is found in both men and women.

X chromosome

In a study on aggression, a group of university students were given an experimental task intended to be frustrating. Then, the participants were given a task that forced them to administer (fake) electric shocks to another participant. Given what is known about gender differences and aggression, who do you think administered more painful electric shocks?

men administered more painful electric shocks

The first menstrual period in girls in the United States occurs usually within a year of age 12-1/2 and is known as:

menarche.

In researching play style differences between boys and girls, you notice that the girls spend more time _____ while the boys spend more time participating in rough-and-tumble play.

talking

Female breasts are to secondary sex characteristics as male _____ are to primary sex characteristics.

testes


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