Sex, gender and sex-role stereotypes

Question 1

sex

Answer 1

biological and legal sex as male or female, usually determined by chromosomes

Question 2

Gender

Answer 2

Social psychological status as masculine or feminine, attitudes, roles and behaviours associated with male or female. Influence from social norms and cultural expectations

Question 3

Gender dyphoria

Answer 3

Person’s biologically defined sex doesn’t match their personal feelings of gender identity

Question 4

Intersex

Answer 4

A person born with characteristics of both sexes e.g ambiguous genitalia.

Question 5

Sex- role stereotypes

Answer 5

Beliefs and preconceived ideas about what is expected or appropriate for males and females in a gven society. Transmitted by culture and possibly reinforced by parents, schools, media, peers/

Question 6

Batista family

Answer 6

4 children female at birth, penis’s grew during puberty, biological sex was male.

Question 7

Cause of Batista family

Answer 7

Rare genetic disorder- male genitalia were concealed inside. In utero a chemical step which externalised male genitalia didn’t occur.

Question 8

Results of Batista family

Answer 8

They adjusted to being boys which suggests that gender identity is flexible.

Question 9

Reasons the Batista family may have adjusted so well

Answer 9

Men were more valued than women so they were adopting a desireable role

Question 10

Sex role stereotypes research evidence

Answer 10

Ingalhaliker et al used MRI to map the connections of the brains of 1000 men and women
Found men had more connections within a hemisphere (lateralised) women had more across the hemispheres

Question 11

What does Ingalhaliker prove

Answer 11

It was concluded that this pattern supported the stereotype that mens brains are better equipped to deal with one issue in detail whereas women can multitask