Gender role development and sex differences Flashcards

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what is the major finding when regarding differences in sex?

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More variation within a sex than between sexes

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What physical characteristics are different between sexes?

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i. Females reach developmental milestones earlier

ii. Boys are stronger but girls have better gross and fine motor skills

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Difference in language abilities between sexes

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  1. Females make sounds earlier, have larger early vocab, and get higher scores on reading and writing
  2. Males suffer from more language difficulties
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4
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Which sex does better in spatial ability?

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Males

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5
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What is the coping style of females

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social support

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what is the coping styles of males

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play, distraction

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Three areas of cognitionishness that shows no difference between sexes

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  1. sociability
  2. suggestibility and conformity
  3. Verbal aggressiveness
    - although different styles
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What has developed after four weeks from conception (2)

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External appearance of human fetal genitals

internal appearance of bipotential gonads

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9
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What happens after 6 weeks in the xy fetus

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Certain y chromosomes are responsible for conversion of gonads to testes

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what happens after 10-12 weeks in xx babies

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the bipotential gonads become ovaries

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What are androgens?

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Male growth hormone that causes the external genitals to develop in a masculine direction

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Where are androgens secreted from?

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adrenal gland

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13
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When do androgens play a role?

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5 months in males

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14
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where is testosterone primarily secreted?

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Ovaries and testes

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15
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What is congenital adrenal hyperplasia

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The child is XX, but an overproduction of androgens causes the external genitals to develop in a masculine direction.
The girl will display gender roles typical of boys

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16
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what is the most common cause of genital ambiguity?

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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

17
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What is brain lateralization?

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it refers to when the right and left hemispheres of the brain operate more independently of eachother

18
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When is difference in brain lateralization noticeable?

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as early as three months, and boys are better at it!