Biological Psychology 11th Edition By James Kalat – Test Bank

Chapter 11: Reproductive Behaviors

TRUE/FALSE

1. The sex hormones include the estrogens, progesterone, and the androgens.

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2. Hormones are capable of inducing long-lasting changes throughout the body.

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3. Estrogens are present only in females.

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4. Progesterone prepares the uterus for the implantation of a fertilized ovum and promotes the maintenance of pregnancy.

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5. Organizing effects of hormones usually occur early in development.

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6. Activating effects can occur at any time in life when a hormone temporarily activates a particular response.

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7. Estrogen production by the ovary causes the male Wolffian system to degenerate in females.

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8. Nature’s “default setting” is to make every mammal a female in its external anatomy.

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9. Estradiol does not contribute to female development.

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10. The sexually dimorphic nucleus is larger in females than males.

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11. In humans, testosterone produces its organizing effects on the hypothalamus by itself.

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12. During the early sensitive period, immature mammals have a protein called alpha-fetoprotein, which is also present in adults.

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