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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Development is known as the completion of growth of a genetic character within an organism. | False |
| Physical characteristics are triggered by genetic transformations and biological development through heredity. | True |
| Babyface features elicit feelings of warmth and nurturance in perceivers | True |
| The last pair of chromosomes is the sex chromosomes which determines the sex of an individual. | True |
| A self-image problem happens when your looks doesn't match your beauty standards. | True |
| Being fat is associated with the lazy, ugly, weak, and lacking in will-power. | True |
| If a face is in proportion, we are more likely to notice it and find it beautiful. | True |
| In males, high attractiveness ratings were associated with small eyes, large chin, prominent cheekbones, and a big smile. | False |
| Beauty is not correlated to physical attractiveness. | False |
| Emphasizing numbers can help in building positive body image. | False |
| Parents have a big role in socializing gender. | True |
| Secondary sexual characteristics are the organs that make reproduction possible; are present during birth. | False |
| Men are more likely to have traditional gender stereotypes than women, especially if they are the sole wage earner in the family. | True |
| Girls are more likely to suffer a wide range of developmental disorders (e.g. speech defects, ADHD, mental retardation) | False |
| Boys mature earlier than girls. | False |
| The two ovaries produce estrogen and progesterone. | True |
| Males are stereotyped as controlling, dominant, and independent. | True |
| Secondary Sex Characteristics includes growth spurt and onset of menstrual cycle. | True |
| Mothers are more concerned that their children maintain behaviors appropriate to their gender. | False |
| The neurochemical that releases energy for “the chase” | Dopamine |
| Most people are busy making themselves prettier, sexier, more handsome and therefore, more acceptable. | True |
| People from a wide range of cultures do not agree on what is physically attractive in the human face. | False |
| Being thin, toned and muscular has become associated with the hard-working, successful, popular, beautiful, strong, and the disciplined. | True |
| The media has increasingly become a platform that reinforces cultural beliefs on how we should look. | True |
| Relationships are built or destroyed because of transformation of one’s physical characteristics | True |
| Some people are not even willing to exert much effort and financial resources just to improve their bodies. | False |
| Our attraction to another person’s body increases if that body is asymmetrical. | False |
| The more negative you are with your body image, the more you might take extreme or unnecessary plastic surgery. | True |
| Gender identity is a person’s experience of being romantically, physically, and emotionally attracted to men, women, both, or neither. | False |
| During puberty, males develop coarser skin texture. | True |
| Girls have focused attention, responsibility, dependability, and delay of gratification. | True |
| In this phase, there is a decrease in arousal | Resolution phase |
| Erogenous zones are also known as the hot spots. | True |
| Boys are superior at verbal abilities (vocabulary, reading comprehension, verbal creativity) during childhood. | False |
| People share a set of criteria for defining beauty. | True |
| People perceive proportional bodies to be weak and unhealthy. | False |
| Each individual carries 25 pairs of chromosomes. | False |
| High attractiveness ratings were associated with small eyes. | False |
| Society is not an important factor in the perception of beauty. | False |
| Pregnancy is the monthly shedding of the blood and tissue that line the uterus. | False |
| In males, feelings of the inevitability of ejaculation, followed by ejaculation. | Orgasm phase |
| Boys have greater visual-spatial ability beginning around age 10. | True |
| Girls are more advanced physically throughout childhood. | True |
| People should also consider their physical competencies, valuation of physical worth, and perception of beauty. | True |
| A crucial aspect of the self is one’s physical features including the face, bodily structure, height and weight. | True |
| Babyface features are thought to be very unattractive | False |
| Beauty in the female is associated more with childlike qualities than male beauty is. | True |
| Physical self is limited to what can be seen by the naked eye. | False |
| Is the “love and attachment” chemical; stimulated by touch, trust, birth and sex | Oxytocin |
| We learn from other people, particularly those closest to us about the things that are considered important. | True |
| In the sexual response cycle, this is the brief period of time before orgasm | Plateau phase |
| Primary sexual characteristics are the organs that make reproduction possible | True |
| Males are stereotyped as being passive, nurturing, and loving. | False |
| When you enjoy the attention of someone important, it boosts your | Serotonin |
| Gender expression is how we express our gender to the world. | True |
| In females, fewest secretion occurs during ovulation. | False |
| A subjective sense of sexual pleasure and physiological signs of sexual arousal. | Arousal stage |
| Biological sex is the combination of anatomy, chromosomes, and hormones that are typically classified as male, female, or intersex. | True |
| In the sexual response cycle, this is the brief period of time before orgasm | Plateau phase |
| A subjective sense of sexual pleasure and physiological signs of sexual arousal. | Arousal stage |