Modules 53 and 54: Sexual Development and Adulthood

Primary sex characteristics consist of [CHOOSE 2]

• body parts that make reproduction possible

• genitalia, ovaries, testes

• nonreproductive traits

• body hair, breasts, developing hips

Secondary sex characteristics consist of [CHOOSE 2]

• body parts that make reproduction possible

• genitalia, ovaries, testes

• nonreproductive traits

• body hair, breasts, developing hips

Around age 50, women begin to experience

• menopause

• menarche

• emerging adulthood

The culturally preferred timing of events like marriage, parenthood, and retirement.

• social clock

• emerging adulthood

• intimacy

• adolescence

Which parent's chromosome determined YOUR sex?

• father

• mother

Which chromosome combination determines a male?

• XX

• XY

• XXX

• frfr

Which chromosome combination determines a female?

• XX

• XY

• XXX

• OMG

Puberty begins when the body is first capable of ___________________.

• reproducing

• menopause

• synaptic pruning

• maturation

The first menstrual cycle is called _____________.

• menarche

• menopause

• a secondary sex characteristic

• something

The older brother effect is also called ____________________.

• fraternal birth-order effect

• epigenetics

• higher-order conditioning

• twinsies