atypical sex chromosome patterns

Question 1

what gender does klinefelters effect

Answer 1

Male

Question 2

what gender does turners effect

Answer 2

female

Question 3

klinefelters syndrome is characterised by
- psychologically and cognitively negative symptoms

Answer 3

genotype XXY
soft face
curves
gynecomastia
clumsy
poorer visual spatial and reading skills

Question 4

turners syndrome is characterised as
- psychologically and cognitively positive symptoms

Answer 4

absence of two copies of X sex chromosome , 45 chromosomes
genotype X0
broad shoulders and neck
lack of menstrual cycle or ovaries
‘ young ‘ immature
advanced reading skills
struggle with social communication and visiuo spatial tasks

Question 5

key differences between the two syndromes are

Answer 5

who they affect males/females
effect on chromosome numbers
positive/negative nature of symptoms

Question 6

a weakness is the emphasis on biology and genetics as an explanation for the psychological and behavioural differences between sufferers of klinefelters and turners syndrome compared with

Answer 6

neurotypical population
jumping to causal conclusions , as weak as biological determinism
the idea that people with turners syndrome face problems with social communication may be more due to insecurity over their appearance rather than the biological basis of syndrome

Question 7

another weakness is that the syndromes resulting from atypical sex chromosome patterns have made considerable contributions towards the nature v nurture debate however the key problem with this is that

Answer 7

the focus is on determining what is atypical on the basis of what is ‘ typical ‘ is highly subjective , especially considering gender is a social construct
what may be typical in the eyes of one person in social skills for turners syndrome may be aytipcial for others
- suggests that there is a lack of objective method to measuring the utility of the contributions of these syndromes to the debate

Question 8

an advantage is that it has improved the understanding of the biological basis and development of klinefelters and turners syndrome may lead to the development of highly effective treatments for both , this includes

Answer 8

the use of ‘ human growth hormone ‘ of which sufferers of turners syndrome are frequently deficient in , to help alleviate some of the associated symptoms , which may in turn reduce the psychological and social impairments in terms of social communication and ‘fitting in’
- major practical application which cab improve the quality of life and condition of sufferers