Chapter 7 Reproduction: The Sexual Primate
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- 1.The maturation of egg cells in female mammals is known as:
- A.
Menstruation
- B.
Estrus
- C.
Ovulation
- D.
Heat
- 2.The period during which a female has produced an egg that can be fertilized and is giving off signals indicating this is called:
- A.
Estrus
- B.
Ovulation
- C.
Menstruation
- D.
Reproductive maturity
- 3.Estrus signals in most mammals are:
- A.
Visual
- B.
Written
- C.
Audible
- D.
Olfactory
- 4.Human reproductive behavior differs in all the following EXCEPT:
- A.
We have concealed ovulation
- B.
We don't give off estrus signals
- C.
Human females indicate their fertile period with pheromones
- D.
We have a large conscious component to our sexuality
- 5.Human signals of sexual receptivity are largely:
- A.
Visual
- B.
Olfactory
- C.
Audible
- D.
Cultural
- 6.Which is the most accurate statement regarding sexual behavior among chimpanzees?
- A.
They reproduce asexually
- B.
They share the human pattern of sexual behavior
- C.
They give off olfactory estrus signals
- D.
They exhibit some degree of consciousness regarding sexual behavior
- 7.For bonobos, sex:
- A.
Is strictly an instinctive series of automatic stimuli and responses
- B.
Is engaged in only seasonally when all females are fertile
- C.
Serves psychological and social as well as reproductive functions
- D.
Is uncommon and is only rarely observed by primatologists
- 8.Which of the following has been suggested as the reason for the evolution of conscious sexuality among early humans?
- A.
It made reproduction more fun and exciting
- B.
It helped ensure that sex would lead to conception
- C.
It produced a larger number of offspring
- D.
It provided motivation for the direct inclusion of males in child-rearing
- 9.Sexual dimorphism refers to:
- A.
Homosexuality
- B.
A species with two sexes
- C.
Physical differences between the sexes of a species
- D.
A species that reproduces both sexually and asexually
- 10.Which of the following is NOT an example of human sexual dimorphism?
- A.
The average size difference between males and females
- B.
The greater muscle mass of males on average
- C.
He shape of the genitalia of the two sexes
- D.
The presence of facial hair on males
- 11.The major chromosomal difference between human males and females is that:
- A.
Males have more chromosomes
- B.
Females have more chromosomes
- C.
Males have one more paired set of chromosomes
- D.
Females have one more paired set of chromosomes
- 12.Relative to human females, human males have:
- A.
A greater proportion of body fat
- B.
A greater proportion of muscle
- C.
Greater immunity to the effects of disease
- D.
A greater tendency to become obese
- 13.Relative to human males, human females have:
- A.
A greater proportion of body fat
- B.
Later puberty
- C.
A greater tendency to be thrown off a normal growth curve by disease
- D.
Larger hearts and lungs
- 14.We share some of our basic sexual dimorphisms with:
- A.
The primitive prosimian primates
- B.
The arboreal monkeys
- C.
The arboreal apes
- D.
The more terrestrial nonhuman primates
- 15.The human sexual dimorphic features may be seen as having evolved:
- A.
To promote a greater birth rate than in any of our nonhuman primate relatives
- B.
To facilitate more sexual interest in members of the opposite sex
- C.
To make a sexual division of labor more efficient
- D.
To make men bigger and thus more socially dominant over women
- 16.The relative hairlessness of the human body was probably an adaptation to facilitate:
- A.
More sexually attractive bodies
- B.
Better cooling in tropical climates
- C.
Less sweating and thus less noxious body odors
- D.
The easier and more comfortable wearing of clothing
- 17.The differences in facial hair between human males and females may be an adaptation to:
- A.
Keep men's faces warmer in cold Ice Age climates
- B.
Make men appear more frightening
- C.
Draw attention to the face and thus to one's individual identity
- D.
Make women appear more open and friendly
- 18.The presence of hair and apocrine glands in human axillary and pubic areas suggests that:
- A.
Humans may still respond (or once responded to) to pheromone signals
- B.
Our natural body odors are sexually stimulating
- C.
It is important to keep these areas warm
- D.
Musk scented perfumes are more attractive than other scents
- 19.Gender refers to:
- A.
The politically correct way to refer to the two sexes
- B.
One's preference of sexual partners
- C.
The social/cultural categories of men and women
- D.
The appearance of one's sexual physical features
- 20.Gender is an example of:
- A.
Biological categories
- B.
Meaningless and changeable cultural trends
- C.
Political terminology of temporary meaning
- D.
A folk taxonomy
- 21.Sex is to gender as:
- A.
Male is to man
- B.
Woman is to female
- C.
Male is to female
- D.
Female is to male
- 22.The differences in the categorization of disease between Western society and the Fore of highland New Guinea are an example of:
- A.
The more advanced science of the West
- B.
The differences between an advanced and a primitive society
- C.
Folk taxonomic categorization
- D.
Racial differences in scientific knowledge
- 23.The hijras of India are:
- A.
A caste of men of ambiguous sex
- B.
A third sex and gender in Hindu society
- C.
Men who are unsure of their sexual orientation
- D.
Heterosexual men who wish to dress as women
- 24.According to the text, the cultural institutions of marriage and the incest taboo are:
- A.
Strictly cultural inventions
- B.
Biological instincts
- C.
Cultural manifestations and variations on biological themes
- D.
Gradually becoming less important in world cultural systems
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