Chapter 5 Flashcards
Gender
The psychological factors and characteristics of our sex
Sex
Biological male and femaleness
Gender assumptions
Assumptions on how males and females should act
Gender identity
How you perceive yourself as male or female
Gender role
Attitudes and behaviors specific cultures consider normal and appropriate behavior of a particular sex
Testes
Male gonads in scrotum that produce sperm and sex hormones
Ovaries
Female gonads that produce ova(eggs) and sex hormones
Estrogens
A class of hormones that produce female sex characteristics and affect menstrual cycle
Pro gestational compounds
Hormones produced by the ovaries
Androgens
Class of hormones promote male genital development, influence sexual motivation in both sexes, produced by testes in males and adrenal glands in both
Hypothalamus
What makes you, you
Brain structure, controls pituitary gland, regulates motivated behavior and emotional expression
Cerebrum
Largest part of brain 2 cerebral hemispheres
Cerebral hemispheres
Left and right sides of the brain
Cerebral cortex
Outer layer of cerebral hemispheres responsible for higher thought processes
Corpus callosum
Train tracks
The band of nerve fibers that connects the left and right hemispheres
Intersexed
Hermaphradite
People who posses biological attributes of both sexes
Turners syndrome
XO
Presence of one unmatched X chromosome (XO)
Normal female external organs but internal reproductive systems do not develop
Klinefelters syndrome
XXY
Two X chromosomes and one Y chromosome
Undersized external male genitals
Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS
Males become insensitive to actions of testosterone
Develop female external genitals of normal appearence
Fetally androgenized female
Chromosomally normal (XX) but develops external genitals resembling male
DHT-deficient male
Chromosomally normal (XY) male but develops external genitals resembling those of a female
Transgendered
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People whose appearance and behavior do not conform to traditional gender roles
Socialization
The process individuals learn and accept society’s expectations for behavior
Androgyny
Blending
Blending of male and female behaviors in one person
