Chapter 10: Sex And Gender

Question 1

Primary sex characteristics?

Answer 1

sexual organs present at birth and directly involved in human reproduction.

Question 2

Secondary sex characteristics?

Answer 2

sexual organs and traits that develop at puberty and are indirectly involved in human reproduction.

Question 3

Chromosomes?

Answer 3

Males XY

Females XX

Question 4

Genderbread person?

Answer 4

Gender identity:
- woman, genderqueer, man
Gender expression:
- feminine, androgynous, masculine
Biological sex:
- female, intersex, male.
Sexual orientation: (who you're attracted to)
- heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual
- Kinsey (continuum from 0-10)

Question 5

No clear differences between male and female brains at birth!
Genetics- role suggested by twin and adoption studies

Answer 5

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Question 6

psychological, biological, environmental, and cultural
influences on gender?

Answer 6

Biological/evolutionary theory:
- men and women have performed different roles throughout history.
Social learning theory:
- gender roles are acquired through basic processes of learning, including reinforcement, punishment and modelling.
Gender Schema theory:
- gender role development is influenced by the formation of schemas, or mental representations of masculinity and femininity.

Question 7

Gender stereotypes?

Answer 7

The way we act and show children who then act out these stereotypes in society.

Question 8

Gender constancy?

Answer 8

Identifying that you are one gender for life, this is developed around 4.

Question 9

Disorders?

Answer 9

• Androgen insensitivity disorder (XY)

- Klinefelter syndrome (XXY Male)

Question 10

Gender dysphoria?

Answer 10

An experience of gender incongruence.

- DSM V diagnosis (gives all conditions)