Chapter 4

Question 1

Gender:

Answer 1

The psychological state of being female or male, as influenced by culture concepts of stereotypical gender appropriate traits and behaviors. Compare and contrast the concept of gender with that of anatomic sex, which is based on the physical differences between meals and females.

Question 1

Sexual differentiation

Answer 1

The process by which males and females develop distinct reproductive Anatomy

Question 2

Chromosome

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A rod like structure found in the nuclei of cells that carries the genetic code in the form of genes.

Question 3

Embryo

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The stage of pre-needle development that begins with the implantation of a fertilized ovum in the uterus and concludes with the development of the major organ systems at about 2 months after conception.

Question 4

Inguinal Canal

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A fetal Canal that connects the scrotum and the testes, allowing for their descent

Question 5

Cryptorchidism

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The condition defined by undescended testes

Question 6

Klinefelter syndrome

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A sex-chromosomal disorder caused by an extra X sex chromosome

Question 7

Turner Syndrome

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A genetically determined condition associated with the presence of only one complete X chromosome and with characteristics including usually infertile ovaries, absence of menstruation, and short stature

Question 8

Gender Identity

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One;s sense of being male or female

Question 9

Sex assignment

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The labeling of a newborn as male or female. Also termed gender assignment

Question 10

Intersexual

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A person who possesses the gonads of one anatomic sex but external genitalia that are ambiguous or typical of the other anatomic sex. Also termed pseudoheraphodite

Question 11

Hermaphrodite

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A person who possess both ovarian and testicular tissue

Question 12

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

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A form of intersexualism in which a genetic female has internal female sexual structures but masculinized external genitals

Question 13

Androgen-insensitivity syndrome

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A form of intersexualism in which a genetic male is prenatally insensitive to androgens such that his genitals are not normally masculinized

Question 14

Dominican Republican syndrome

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A Form of intersexualism in which a genetic enzyme disorder prevents testosterone from masculinizing the external genitalia

Question 15

Transgender

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Describing people who feel as though they possess the body of the wrong anatomic sex and desire to live as a member of of the other anatomic sex. Some but not all trans people seek gender reassignment surgery

Question 16

Trans

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A more current popular term for transgender

Question 17

Autogynephilic

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Descriptive of trans men who are sexually stimulated by fantasies that their own bodies are female

Question 18

Phalloplasty

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The surgical creation of an artificial penis

Question 19

Stereotype

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A fixed, conventional and often distorted idea about a group of people

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Gender roles

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Complex clusters of behavioral expectations for males and females

Question 21

Sexism

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The prejudgement that, because of her or his sex, a person will possess negative traits

Question 22

Identification

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In psycoanalytic theory, the process of incorporating within ourselves our perceptions of behaviors, thoughts, and feelings of others

Question 23

Oedipus complex

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According to psychoanalytic theory, a conflict of the phallic stage in which they boy wishes to possess his mother sexually and percieves his father as a rival in love (sometimes called Electra complex in girls)

Question 24

Socialization

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The process of guiding people into socially acceptable behavior patterns by means of information, rewards, and punishments

Question 25

Schema

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Concept; way of interpreting experience or processing information

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Gender stability

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The concept that people retain their genders for a lifetime

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Gender constancy

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The concept that people’s genders do not change, even if they alter their dress or behavior

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Gender schema

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A cluster of mental representations about male and female physical qualities, behaviors and personality traits

Question 29

Psychological androgyny

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A state characterized by possession of both stereotypical masculine traits and stereotypical feminine traits