Mr. V. failed to appreciate the emotional significance of the ...

[Garrulous]

Mr. V. failed to appreciate the emotional significance of the loss of ________ after his stroke.
 
  A) verbal intelligence
  B) movement of the left side of his body
  C) the capacity to recall recent events
  D) the ability to speak
  E) tactile sensation on the right side of his body

Question 2

Describe the events that transpired for the case of David and explain how his case has been used to understand the relative contribution of socialization versus biology to sexual identity.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[cpetit11]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: B
Rationale: Mr. V. failed to appreciate the emotional significance of the loss of movement of the left side of his body after his stroke.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: At 7 months of age, his penis was accidentally removed during a botched circumcision procedure. He was reassigned as a female (Brenda) and underwent a sex change operation (removal of the testes and creation of a vagina). For some time it was thought that he shifted his identity to that of a female, suggesting that social forces are more powerful than are biological. However, after a stormy adolescent period in which she grew to believe that she was a boy, it was revealed to Brenda that she had been born a boy, and the procedure was reversed (mastectomy, creation of a phallus). One view is that David's brain was exposed to circulating levels of androgens, which masculinized his brain, and that socialization could not overcome the impact of androgenization on brain circuitry.

[Garrulous]

TYSM

[amcvicar]

Excellent