Sex And Gender Key Cincepts

Question 0

Define gender

Answer 0

A psychological term telling us whether someone’s feminine masculine or androgynous

Question 1

Define sex

Answer 1

Biological term tells us if your female or male

Question 2

Define Androgyny

Answer 2

Individuals shows high levels of masculine and famine traits

Question 3

Define Oedipus complex

Answer 3

Boys unconsciously desire their mother and fear their father finding out

Question 4

Define Electra complex

Answer 4

When girls unconsciously desire their father but worry about losing mums love

Question 5

Effects if hormones?

Answer 5

Testes high testosterone affects brain & behaviour. More aggressive better maths an spacial skills.
Ovaries Oestrogen more sensitive no testosterone gives superior verbal skills.

Question 6

Instincts help us survive and reproduce…

Answer 6

Human behaviour/Gender roles are instinctive, psychological difference help us reproduce. Females are choosier about a mate as only have 400 eggs. Males have millions of sperm.

Question 7

Evolution female and males

Answer 7

Females more sensitive and caring have to carry, raise and breast feed young have to be equipped. Verbal skills to teach.
Males more aggressive have yo fight for resources. Visual spatial hunting.

Question 8

Ignores

Answer 8

Gender roles being learnt. Communities socialise males and females differently, why two sexes end up with different gender roles.

Question 9

If all men and woman are the same then why

Answer 9

Do the sexes show such range in behaviour. Men same chromosomes same testosterone one masculine one feminine.

Question 10

Biology fixed gender can change this suggests

Answer 10

It’s more to do with socialisation. Female and males more androgynous now than in the past but biology hasn’t changed, yet gender roles different in each culture- japan everyone feminine, tribes roles reversed!!