Sex Differences and Psychoneuroendocrinology: An Evolutionary Perspective, Quizzes of Psychology

Download Sex Differences and Psychoneuroendocrinology: An Evolutionary Perspective and more Quizzes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Sex differences DEFINITION 1 psychoneuroendocrinology TERM 2 Evolutionary explanations DEFINITION 2 prefrences/ behaviors and choices TERM 3 Charles Darwin DEFINITION 3 1871 survival of the fittest = evolution of an organism gives a reproductive advantage TERM 4 Kin Selection DEFINITION 4 Some organisms tend to exhibit strategies that favor the reproductive success of their relatives, even at a cost to their own survival and/or reproduction. certain wasp and bird species E.O. Wilson TERM 5 invest in offspring DEFINITION 5 sex that invests less in offspring should compete more vigourously for opposit sex sex that invests more in offspring should be more choosy and discriminating TERM 6 Investment of production in Women DEFINITION 6 there time is fragile b/c there is a limited amount of eggs very choosy in opposite sex TERM 7 Investment of production in men DEFINITION 7 Not as much because they have millions of sperm that do not die off TERM 8 Problems with EE DEFINITION 8 always use posthoc observations to explain behavior never can really be proven TERM 9 David Buss DEFINITION 9 "The evolution of desire: srategies of human mating" looked at prefrences across many cultures from around the world TERM 10 Hormone DEFINITION 10 chemical substance released into the bloodstream then binds to receptors on other cells TERM 21 testeosterone and dyhodrestosterone DEFINITION 21 androgens necessary for underdeveloped tissue to develop into male internal and external sex organs TERM 22 AIS DEFINITION 22 androgen insensitivity syndrome genetic abnormality where there are androgen receptors but they don't respond to androgens 1 in 65000 males diagnosed at puberty TERM 23 Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia DEFINITION 23 overactive adrenal gland releases excess androgens disgnosed in females at birth b/c of ambiguous genitalia males not usually diagnosed at birth TERM 24 5 alpha reductase deficiency DEFINITION 24 exzyme that produces the androgen DHT (dihydrotestosterone) TERM 25 DHT DEFINITION 25 important in production of male external genitals TERM 26 Rodents DEFINITION 26 help us learn about the effects of orginazational effects and activational effects of steroid hormones CNS is clearly affected by both orginizational and activational TERM 27 Sexually dimorphic behaviors DEFINITION 27 agression male sexual behavior rough and tumble play sexual attractivness onset of puberty AG distance TERM 28 why are females not masculinized DEFINITION 28 alpha fetoprotein - produced in liver alpha fetoprotein- binds to E circulating in blood and wont allow it to cross into brain across BBB alphafetoprotein- doesn't bind to T so T can't get into brain where its converted to E and masculinizes brain plascental barrier TERM 29 Masculinity/ Aromatase Theory DEFINITION 29 T is carried in blood and crosses the BBB and into neurons In the neurons T is converted into E by aromatase enzyme E is responsible for masculinity