chapter 5

Question 1

Prenatal sexual differentiation

Answer 1

during the first six weeks or so of prenatal development, embryonic structures in both genders develop along similar lines, and resemble primitive female structures.
after the 7th week after conception, the genetic code (XX or XY) begins to assert itself, causing changes in the gonads, genital ducts and external genitals

Question 2

Testosterone

Answer 2

spurs differentiation of the male (Wolffian) duct system.

in the absence of testosterone, the wolffian ducts degenerate, and female sex organs develop

Question 3

Intersex

Answer 3

refers to an individual for whom the development of external and/or internal genital has been atypical.
abnormalities of the sex chromosomes can have profound effects on sexual characteristics, physical health and psychological development

Question 4

Gender transitioning

Answer 4

refers to the activities that some trans people may pursue to being living as the gender with which they identify rather than the gender they were assigned at birth.

Question 5

Biological perspectives on gender typing

Answer 5

focus on the roles of genetics and prenatal influences in predisposing males and females to gender-linked behaviour patterns

Question 6

psychological perspectives on gender typing

Answer 6

in terms of psychoanalytic, social-cognitive and cognitive development theories

Question 7

Psychologically androgynous

Answer 7

people who combine stereotypically masculine and feminine behaviour patterns
may have advantages because it allows one to draw form a variety of traits and characteristics and respond to flexibly in situations