Gender Flashcards
Androgyny
Partially male and female
Bem sex role inventory
Questionnaire that aims to assess a person’s masculinity or femininity
Electra complex
Freud stated that for females to develop gender identity they must overcome ‘penis envy’
Gender
Socially constructed differences between men and women
Gender constancy
3rd stage of gender development according to Kohlberg. Where the child understands that gender doesn’t change with appearances
Gender dysphoria
Incongruity between person’s’ sex and gender
Gender identity
1st stage of gender development (Kohlberg). When the child first identifies themselves as male or female
Gender roles
Social constructs that suggest specific roles for males and females
Gender schema theory
Gender develops as a result of ideas from the environment being reinforced
Gender stability
2nd stage (Kohlberg). Child is aware that their gender doesn’t change
Identification
when child identifies with same sex parent
Internalisation
When child adopts views and beliefs of parent
Kleinfelter’s syndrome
Genetic disorder when a child is born with XXY chromosomes
Kholberg’s theory
Development of the idea of gender within children, suggesting I arises in 3 stages
Oedipus complex
Theory of gender development according to Freud, suggests that to develop gender identity a male must overcome his feelings of jealousy towards his father
Oxytocin
“love hormone”, released during childbirth, breastfeeding and bonding
Sex
Biological differences between males and females
Testosterone
Hormone that plays an important role in the development of males
Turner’s syndrome
Genetic disorder where a person is born with just X chromosome
