Women Chapters 3 And 4 Complete Solutions

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Women Chapters 3 And 4 Complete Solutions According to the chapter on infancy and childhood, gender typing a. does not begin until the child is about 1 year old and has developed basic language sk... ills. b. includes children's behaviors and skills that are related to gender. c. refers to the baby's gender assignment at birth. d. refers to the sex chromosomes that determine whether the baby will be male or female Ans- b Which of the following statements about gender typing is correct? a. The major portion of gender typing occurs during the prenatal period. b. Gender typing is a kind of medical test that is done on a person's chromosomes to determine biological sex. c. An example of gender typing would be a 2-year-old boy who prefers to play with a ball, rather than a doll. d. Gender typing is the process by which a surgeon adjusts an individual's genitals so that they are consistent with his or her biological sex. Ans- c 3-3. Five-year-old Sandra knows that she is a girl, that girls are not supposed to get dirty, and that she wants to be an astronaut, even though most astronauts are not women. This information is all relevant to the concept known as a. a stereotype. b. modeling. c. social constructionism. d. gender typing. Ans- d Which of the following statements about chromosomes is correct? a. An embryo's sex is determined by the specific arrangement of all 23 chromosome pairs. b. The egg cell from the mother has a sex chromosome that can be either an X or a Y. c. A female's sex chromosomes are symbolized XX. d. The female egg contains 23 chromosomes, whereas the male sperm contains only 22 chromosomes Ans- c At conception, a. the egg cell from the mother contributes either an X chromosome or a Y chromosome. b. the sperm cell from the father contributes either an X chromosome or a Y chromosome. c. if there is an XX arrangement, the offspring will be a genetic male. d. if there is an XY arrangement, the offspring will be genetic female. Ans- b In the first six weeks after conception—during typical prenatal development—males and females differ in their a. gonads. b. internal reproductive systems [Show More]

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