PSY290H5 Study Guide - Sex Steroid, Y Chromosome, Endocrinology
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Chapter 8: hormones and sex: what is cloacal exstrophy? (p. 202) What is the point of this chapter? (p. 203) Explain the 4 signals/5 processes involved between hormones and behaviour. (figure 8. 14, p. 221: explain how the interactions between endocrine activity and behaviour are said to be cyclical. (figure 8. 15, p. 222) Reproductive behaviour can be divided into four stages: what are the 4 stages of reproductive behaviour? (p. 223-225, what is lordosis? (p. 225, define activational effect. (p. 225) The neural circuitry of the brain regulates reproductive behaviour. In females? (figure 8. 20, p. 227-229: define parental behaviour. How is a dam different from a virgin female rat? (p. 229: what is parabiotic? (p. 230) Part iii: sexual differentiation and orientation: what is sexual differentiation? (p. 232) Genetic and hormonal mechanisms guide the development of masculine and feminine structures: what is sex determination? (p. 233, what are indifferent gonads? (p. 233, what directs sexual differentiation of the body? (p. 233)
