The physical changes that girls undergo at puberty as they mature into women are triggered by _______
a. her age
b. the female hormones estrogen and progesterone
c. her height and weight
d. the composition of her diet
Answer: B
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a. decrease immoral thoughts and behaviors b. increase sexual pleasure c. increase fertility d. enlarge his penis
What is the evidence that at eight months, the fetus may respond to familiar sounds?
a. Babies exposed to "new" voices at eight months gestation often imitate the "new" voices rather than the "older" more familiar voices, when they begin to coo. b. Babies exposed to loud sounds (greater than 85 decibels) at eight months gestation, but not at earlier gestational ages, were shown to have damage to their eardrums at birth. c. Babies exposed to soap opera theme songs during pregnancy relaxed and stopped crying when they heard the same theme music, but not babies without prior exposure to the music. d. Babies exposed to different types of music at eight months gestation ended up having personalities consistent with that musical genre.
Which of the following secretes hyaluronidase, the enzyme that helps the sperm penetrate the egg?
A. the cilium B. the Bartholin gland C. the Skene's gland D. the acrosome
Which of the following is true of evolutionary psychology?
A. It believes that men and women are identical when it comes to their mating preferences. B. It allows for the fact that some traits displayed by humans may be simply "design flaws." C. It does not recognize that every observable human characteristic has adaptive significance. D. It believes that human cognitive structures evolved over the years just as human behavior did.