If a female rat is ovariectomized and given T at birth, she will not perform lordosis for a male. Instead, when given testosterone, she will mount. In this case, the animal has experienced
A) behavioral defeminization.
B) behavioral masculinization.
C) activational effects of estradiol and progesterone.
D) organizational effects of estradiol and progesterone.
E) organizational effects of testosterone.

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Behavioral masculinization is the process by which a female animal exhibits male-typical behavior due to exposure to masculinizing hormones. In this case, the female rat was given testosterone at birth, causing her to exhibit male-typical mounting behavior instead of the female-typical lordosis response.

If a Female Rat Is Ovariectomized and Given T at Birth