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Question #1
Puberty is associated with an increase in the release of
A.   growth hormone.
B.   adrenocorticotropic hormone.
C.   all of these
D.   gonadotropic hormone.
Question #2
Generally speaking, feminization of the body at puberty
A.   is stimulated by a high ratio of estrogens to androgens.
B.   occurs automatically even if testosterone is present in large amounts.
C.   is stimulated by a high ratio of androgens to estrogens.
D.   can be blocked by hormones but is not stimulated by them.
E.   occurs automatically unless testosterone is present.
Question #3
Which of the following is a secondary sex characteristic that is induced by an androgen other than testosterone?
A.   chest hair
B.   the female pattern of pubic hair growth
C.   the male pattern of pubic hair growth
D.   breasts
E.   increased muscularity
Question #4
A normal genetic female who receives injections of testosterone throughout fetal development will be born with
A.   undeveloped female reproductive ducts.
B.   all of these
C.   male internal reproductive ducts.
D.   male external reproductive organs.
E.   ovaries.
Question #5
Which of the following statements describes our current understanding of differences in the structure of human female and human male brains?
A.   The female frontal cortex is substantially larger than the male counterpart.
B.   Many structural differences have been documented.
C.   The male frontal cortex has an extra layer.
D.   Male and female brains are identical.
E.   Some suggestions of differences have been reported, but none of the differences has proven to be replicable.
Question #6
There is good evidence in some species that testosterone does not masculinize the brain directly, that it is first converted to estradiol, which then masculinizes the brain. This hypothesis is called the __________ hypothesis.
A.   alpha fetoprotein
B.   dimorphic
C.   cholesterol
D.   dihydrotestosterone
E.   aromatization
Question #7
Alpha fetoprotein
A.   is present in the blood of neonatal rats.
B.   does not readily penetrate the blood-brain barrier.
C.   none of these
D.   deactivates circulating estradiol.
E.   all of these
Question #8
Which of the following statements about brain differentiation is true according to recent findings?
A.   The sexual dimorphism of the mammalian brain depends entirely on the presence or absence of testosterone; genes play no direct role.
B.   There is a single mechanism that accounts for all differences between the brains of male and female mammals.
C.   none of these
D.   all of these
E.   The program of mammalian female brain development unfolds normally in the absence of estradiol or other hormones.
Question #9
Genetic males with androgenic insensitivity syndrome have
A.   little public hair.
B.   shallow vaginas.
C.   breasts.
D.   internalized testes.
E.   all of these
Question #10
Adrenogenital syndrome is associated with
A.   a decrease in the release of cortisol from the adrenal cortices.
B.   all of these
C.   ambiguous reproductive organs in many genetic females.
D.   high levels of adrenal androgens.
Question #11
John Money’s famous case study of ablatio penis was initially used to argue that
A.   social learning dominates hormones when it comes to gender identity.
B.   hormones dominate social learning when it comes to gender identity.
C.   social learning dominates genes when it comes to gender identity.
D.   genes dominate social learning when it comes to gender identity.
E.   sexual development is genetic and hormonal.
Question #12
In a follow-up study of Money’s famous case study of ablatio penis, it was revealed that the patient had
A.   suspected he was a boy from the second grade on.
B.   acted like a male from an early age.
C.   requested mastectomy and phalloplasty.
D.   refused to wear a bra.
E.   all of these
Question #13
Castrating adult human males usually produces a decrease in their
A.   strength.
B.   body hair.
C.   ability to achieve an erection.
D.   sexual motivation.
E.   all of these
Question #14
The following finding suggests that the sex drive of human females is influenced by testosterone:
A.   all of these
B.   Replacement injections of testosterone increased the sexual motivation of human females who had been both ovariectomized and adrenalectomized.
C.   none of these
D.   Various measures of sexual motivation were correlated with the testosterone levels of healthy human females.
E.   Replacement injections of testosterone increased the proceptivity of ovariectomized and adrenalectomized female rhesus monkeys.
Question #15
Which of the following brain structures are known to play a role in human sexual behavior?
A.   hypothalamus
B.   all of these
C.   ventral striatum
D.   cortex
E.   amygdala
Question #16
Bailey and Pillard studied a group of gay males who had twin brothers. They found that ________________ were gay.
A.   100% of the monozygotic twin brothers and 0% of the dizygotic twin brothers
B.   52% of the monozygotic twin brothers and 22% of the dizygotic twin brothers
C.   92% of the monozygotic twin brothers and 52% of the dizygotic twin brothers
D.   52% of the twin brothers and 22% of the male siblings
E.   30% of the monozygotic twin brothers and 20% of the half brothers
Question #17
Which of the following groups of adult males has substantially higher levels of circulating testosterone than the others?
A.   bisexuals
B.   heterosexuals
C.   transsexuals
D.   none of these
E.   gay males
Question #18
If a gay male were gonadectomized and then given extremely large replacement injections of testosterone, his primary sexual orientation would be
A.   antisexual.
B.   bisexual.
C.   gay.
D.   heterosexual.
E.   asexual.

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