Bilogical gender
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- Created on: 20-03-14 16:27
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- Biological theory of gender
- Diamond and sigmundson
- Case study of a boy who had his penis accidentaly burnt off at circumcision. He was then raised as a girl. When he reached puberty it became apparent that he was a boy. They conducted a case study.
- The study has low internal validity. This is due to the study being only on 1 person.
- Study supports nature
- Cross cultural research
- Its a comparison of 2 or more cultures
- It would support nature if all cultures acted the same. Would support nurture if cultures were different
- Williams and best conducted a study to investigate if sex role stereotyping was the same around the world. 24 different cultures were studied. They were shown a silhouette and told a story about them. They were told a story about it. One was emotional and the other was aggressive. Most cultures said the female was emotional and the male was agressive
- There are possible validity issues as the silhouttes may not have made sense to all cultures.
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- Hormones
- They believe that hormones control our gender development. Testosotrone is the main male hormone which is believed to be responsible for aggression. The main female hormone is oestrogen.
- Diamond and sigmundson
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