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Psyc137 Chp 3 (Mesa College)
Auth: Crooks, Prof: Mor
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
09/27/2004

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sex
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biological distinction of being male or female; physical attributes
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gender
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psychological experience of being male or female; feminine or masculine attributes
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gender identity
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our identity; how we perceive ourselves
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gender roles
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attitudes and behaviors expected of us; leads to stereotyping
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androgyny
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having both traditional masculine and feminine characteristics
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sex and gender influence
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nature and nurture
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socialization
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whereby we learn and adopt society's expectations for our behaviors
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five agents of socialization
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parents, peers, school, television, & religion
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normal gender - identity formation of sex
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determined at conception by chromosomes
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normal gender - identity formation of normal cell
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has 46 chromosomes; arranged in pairs; 23 pairs
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22 pairs of autosomes
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influence physical attributes
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1 pair of sex chromosomes
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influence sex
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only females carry
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x chromosomes
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males carry
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x or y chromosomes
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if egg fertilized by x bearing sperm
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= female (xx)
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if egg fertilized by y bearing sperm
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= male (xy)
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abnormal gender - identity formation
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true hermaphrodites, pseudo hermaphrodites, transsexuals
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true hermaphrodites
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rare: gonads are mixture of male and female (have both ovarian and testicular)
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pseudo hermaphrodites
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more common; gonads match chromosomal sex; other anatomy is mixture of structures or incomplete
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syndrome: normal gender identity
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chromosomal sex: 46 xx or xy, gender: male or female
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syndrome: hermaphrodite
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chromosomal sex: ambiguous or contradictory, gender: male or female
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syndrome: turner syndrome
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chromosomal sex 45 xo, gender: female
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syndrome: klinefelter's syndrome
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chromosomal sex: 47 xxy, gender: male
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syndrome: androgen insensitivity
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chromosomal sex: 46 xy, gender: female
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syndrome: fetally androgenized female
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chromosomal sex: 46xx, gender: female
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syndrome: dht-deficient males
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chromosomal sex: 46xy, gender: female before puberty or male before puberty
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transsexuals
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sex and gender are inconsistent; person feels trapped in body of wrong sex; normal individuals with healthy sex organs
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