Sex Differences

Question 1

Sex

Answer 1

Genetic Sex: Chromosomes
Anatomical Sex: Internal and External Genitalia
Sexual Identity: One’s identity as male or female

Question 2

Gender

Answer 2

The social meaning attached to being male or female
Gender Identity: Sense of being male or female
Gender Role: Expectations about how male or female should behave

Question 3

Girls

Answer 3

Spend more time working
Better verbal abilities
Greater attention to faces

Question 4

Boys

Answer 4

Spend more time playing
Better spatial abilities
Greater attention to mechanical movements

Question 5

Batemans Principle:

Answer 5

The sex which invests more in the young becomes a resource for which other members of the less parental sex compete.

Question 6

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Answer 6

Female embryos exposed to high levels of testosterone.

More male-typical behaviour e.g. rough and tumble play, have no sex preference in friendships, more likely to be homosexual and bisexual

Question 7

Gender Similarities Hypothesis

Answer 7

Males and females are similar on most, but not all, psychological variables. That is, men and women, as well as boys and girls, are more alike than they are different.