gender

Question 1

sex

Answer 1

predetermined at birth via chromosomes and hormones

Question 2

gender

Answer 2

how we feel in ourselves

Question 3

sex via chromosomes

Answer 3

determined by 23rd pair

Question 4

hormones

Answer 4

chemical messengers produced by endocrine glands
travel via bloodstream
m/f diff hormones
specific receptors in organs

Question 5

testosterone

Answer 5

released in womb
develop male sex organ
hypothalamus
masculinisation of the brain
sexually dimorphic nucleus - larger in males = masculine behaviour

Question 6

oestrogen

Answer 6

produced in ovaries
maintain female body
change in shape/ period
blood clotting/ bone forming
males w low oestrogen have lower sperm counts

Question 7

2D 4D ratio

Answer 7

4th longer = ^ testosterone - low ratio
similar length = ^ oestrogen - high ratio
2nd = 75mm / 4th = 93mm = 0.8-1 = ^ T
linked w greater aggression and risk takong

Question 8

gender identity

Answer 8

can match w bio sex
gender roles
aware of own and others identity
can begin at infant

Question 9

gender stereotyping

Answer 9

typical social roles, toys, nouns/pronouns

Question 10

YEUNG AND WONG - puzzle pieces study

Answer 10

age 5
labelled, yellow - girls, green - boys (gender neutral colours)
control group no label
asked to choose pieces, the labelled group chose the assigned colours, the non labelled chose both. gender labelling bias

Question 11

david reimer case study

Answer 11

7m - penis burnt off
raised as a girl, twin bro as boy
still acted masculine as a child
bio processes still happening
given oestrogen
14y was told he was a boy and took T
ongoing psych problems
commited in 2004

Question 12

gender dysphoria

Answer 12

census - 93% same 2.5% diff
disgust in self
social isolation
psych problems
US STUDY - higher suicide rates

Question 13

neuropsychological explanation to gender dyshoria

Answer 13

diff structure in brain
diff number and size of neurons
corpus collosum shape similar to identity
structures don’t complete masculinisation in boys
sex organ developed before brain

Question 14

gender revolution

Answer 14

gender is non binary - really?

Question 15

similarities in males and females

Answer 15

both hormones produced in both
non pregnant women have similar oestrogen levels to men
small gender differences
78% differences very small
people don’t show just male or just female behaviours