gender ; chromosomes and hormones

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CHROMOSOMES AND HORMONES
DFGD
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- role of chromosomes
dfgdf
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what are chromosomes made of?
DNA
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what are genes
short sections of DNA that determine characteristics of a living thing
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how many pair of chromosomes are there in humans?
23
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which pair determines biological sex?
23rd
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what chromosome are all normal egg cells produced by human ovary?
X
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and what about sperm?
half x half y
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what gene does the Y chromosome carry?
SRY
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which causes what in the XY embryo?
testes to develop
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these produce male sex hormones called?
androgens
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- role of hormones
dfgd
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prenatally what do hormones act do?
act on brain development . cause devs reproductive organs
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at uberty a burst of hormonal activity triggers?
dev secondary sexual characteristics (like pubic hair)
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what are the hormones of primary importance to male development caled?
androgens
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and the most widely known of these is?
testosterone
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- testosterone
dfgd
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starts being produced at how many weeks of foetal development?
8
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most research focuses on behavioural effects most notably in terms of?
aggression
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what did van de poll do to female rats?
inject with testosterone
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and what ahppened to their behaviour?
more physically and sexually aggressive
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- oestrogen
dgd
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alongside physical what does it cause some women to experience in menstrual cycke?
heightened emotionality + physical changes
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in extreme cases what has PMS been used as a defence in?
shoplifting / murder
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researchers dispute PMS existance as viable?
medical category
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- oxytocin
dgdf
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which gender produces this in larger amounts?
oxytocin
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particularly as a result of what evet?
giving birth
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hormone stimulates lactation making it possible for?
mothers to breast feed children
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also reduces the stress hormone called?
cortisol
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and facilitates?
binding
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released in massive qtys in labour / afterbirth to make new mothers do what?
feel in love with their baby
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fact men produce less ahs fuelled what popular stereotype?
men less interested in intimacy / closeness
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EVALUATION
DFGD
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:) evidence supporting role
dfgd
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supported by the case study of?
reimer (i'll get on to him l8r)
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in relation to sex hormones dabbs studied who?
prison population
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and found what about offenders with highest levels testosterone?
more likely to have committed violent / sexually motivated crimes
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van goozen et al studied what type of people?
transgender
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undergoing what?
hormone treatment
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transgender male to female showed decreases in?
aggression / visuo-spatial skills
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while transgender female to male showed?
opposite
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:( contradictory evidence
fgfgd
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tricker conducted a double-blind study on how many males?
43
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and did what weekly?
gave injection of testosterone / placebo
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for how long?
10weeks
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wasthere a significant aggression difference?
no
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also the case as with van goozen tht many of te bio factor studies on gender study which groups?
small samples of unusual people
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limiting what?
extent of meaningful generalisation
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:( objctions to PMS
dfgfd
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many object to PMS medical category on what grounds?
stereotypes female experience and emotion
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feminist critiques claim PMS is what?
social construction
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feminists have pointed to this medicalising women's lives and dismissing their emotions how?
by explaining them i reductionist biologicla terms
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EVALUATION EXTRA
DGDFG
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:( overemphasis on nature
dfgdf
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what would we expect to find many more of if sex was purely biological?
differences in male / female behaviour
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maccoby and lacklin fd significantly more differences where than between sexes?
within them
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alternative exps e.g SLT would point to importance of what in learning gender id/role?
social context
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influence of social norms would also help explain what differences in gender-role behaviour?
cultural
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and the fact that in the west @ least males and females are gradually becoming?
more androgynous
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:( oversimplifies complex concept
dffgdf
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accs that reduce gender to hormone / chromosome level have been accused of?
ignoring alternative exps
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cofnitive approach would draw attention to hwat under pinning gender dev?
changing thought processes
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OKAY I DONT ACTUALLY LIKE THIS PT ALL TOO MUCH
DFDF
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APPLICATION
DFGDF
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- david reimer
dgdg
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what happened to bruce not brian reimer at 6m?
botched circumcision + he was left w/o a penis
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shortly after bruce's parents were made aware of whose work?
john money
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who was developing a theory of?
'gender neutrality'
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which was the idea that?
bio sex < env influence in est gender id
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so bruce was raised how?
stereotupically feminine
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as he grew up prog was minitored though never adivsed what?
bruce be told the thruth of gender reassignment
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what was brenda like in her late teens?
never adjusted to life as female and suffering from psych + emo problems
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what happened when she was told the truth about her childhood?
immediately went back to living as a man (david)
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and what happened in 2004?
committed suicide
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