Gender

Question 1

Gonads: When, What?

Answer 1

1-6 weeks, develop into sexual organs

• Uterus, Ovaries and Upper Vagina.
• Vas deferens, Testes, EpidydimaI duct.

Question 2

Mulerian Inhibitory factor: What, When?

Answer 2

Secreted by XY embryo @ 8weeks, inhibits female sex organ development.

Question 3

Oxytocin: What?

Answer 3

Love hormone, secreted more by females, secreted equally by females and males when shagging.

Question 4

Bio Eval (-) Issues and debates..

Answer 4

Hard biological determinism…

Question 5

Bio Eval (+) Money and Erdhart

Answer 5

David Reimer case study…

Question 6

Bio Eval (+) Sam ward

Answer 6

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, high pre-nat testosterone levels linked to tomboy and aggression..

• case study support so sticky one.

Question 7

Bio Eval (-) Tricker one

Answer 7

Tricker injected males with testosterone or placebo;

- no difference in aggression levels…

Question 8

Symptoms of Klinefelters

Answer 8

• manboobs
• shrimp
• socially inept
• hips that don’t lie

Question 9

Symptoms of Turners

Answer 9

• webbed skin
• clit-dick
• stunted growth
• aorta constriction

Question 10

Atyp Eval (+) Diagnostics

Answer 10

Further studying, earlier diagnoses in atypical chromosome disorders, can help us learn to prevent/treat symptoms.

Question 11

Atyp Eval (-) Social influence

Answer 11

Behaviour may be socially influenced

Question 12

Atyp Eval (-) Causation?

Answer 12

Behaviour and abnormalities not causally linked.

Question 13

Atyp Eval (+) Compare and contrast

Answer 13

Comparisons of physiology and physical differences and gender development can be made!!!

Question 14

Kberg theory: stage 1.

Answer 14

Gender identity, 2-3yrs.

• Label selves at 2
• Label others at 3
• Gender changes with clothes you wear.
• May favour own gender.

Question 15

Kberg theory: stage 2

Answer 15

Gender Stability, 3-4yrs.

• Egocentric
• Own gender is stable
• Others genders are flexible.
• Gendered tasks.

Question 16

Kberg theory: stage 3.

Answer 16

Gender Constancy, 6-7yrs.

• Not egocentric anymore
• Gender is fixed (conservation)
• Seek role model for gender development.

Question 17

Kberg Eval (+) Slab

Answer 17

Slab and Frey: kids watched f/m adult on split-screen
younger than 6 watched both equally.
6yrs favoured own gender more.
aligns with constancy description.

Question 18

Kberg eval (-) Descriptive not

Answer 18

Descriptive not explanatory.
Talks about schema this schema that.
Where did schema come from?

Question 19

Kberg eval (+) Thompson

Answer 19

Thompson found 76% could identify m/f at age 2,
90% at age 3.
Kberg suggests gender identification increases with age.

Question 20

Gender Schema theory: Who, what.

Answer 20

Martin & Halverson, agree with Kbergs idea of schemata influencing gender development.
Difference is they think that we seek out role models much earlier and that SLT role model shit is much more important in gender development than Kberg makes them out to be.
Also believe that anything that doesn’t align with schemas formed within 2-3yrs is ignored so as not to affect their schemas.

Question 21

Schema eval (+) Kids will be kids

Answer 21

Application into understanding how children form behaviours and ideas surrounding genders.
Also explains childrens same-sex ingroups.

Question 22

Schema eval (+) martin and halverson

Answer 22

Showed kids pictures of gender-consistent images ad gender-inconsistent images.
Gender consistent images were recalled better.
Gender-inconsistent images were distorted to match schema.

Question 23

Schema eval (-) reductionist.

Answer 23

reductionist.
Leaves out factors such as reward/punishment in schools which may shape and form behaviour present in kids surrounding gender.

Question 24

Schema eval (-) descriptive, not..

Answer 24

Again, doesn’t really explain why gender schemas exist, does it.