Individual tasks

Task 1

In your society, what are the rules and customs that regulate whether a male and female can engage in fertilization?

Laws and religious rules regarding marriage, age of consent. Customs regarding dating, premarital intercourse, and parenting. Norms regarding choice of partner (social class, age, etc.)

 

Task 2

What evidence is there that a woman’s body puts more into the production of germ cells (oocytes) than a man’s body (spermatazoa)?

Produced before her birth; much larger; sustained until puberty.

 

Task 3

Select five technical terms from Section 1 of this chapter, and define each of them in your own words.

 

Task 4

In this chapter the argument is made that fertilization is a process that is both biological and cultural. Explain this argument, in your own words. Do you agree, or disagree?

 

Task 5

What physiological processes occurred in the case of Maria Pariño, and what was their outcome?

XY chromosomes (genetically male), but cells unable to respond to hormones (testosterone), so she developed a vagina, clitoris, and uterus, and then secondary sexual characteristics, including breasts

 

Task 6

Label as many parts of the brain as you can in the following diagram:

Image

  1. Occipital lobe
  2. Parietal lobe
  3. Frontal lobe
  4. Corpus callosum
  5. Thalamus
  6. Hypothalamus
  7. Pituitary gland
  8. Pons
  9. Spinal cord
  10. Cerebellum

 

Task 7

Complete this table, then check your work against the table in the chapter:

 

Cognitive developmental psychology

Cultural developmental psychology

The brain…

 

 

Knowledge…

 

 

Experience…