Whether an individual is biologically male or female.
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Gender
The social and psychological characteristics of being male or female.
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Sex-role Sterotyping
Types of qualities and characteristics seen as appropriate for each sex.
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Androgyny
Co-existence of male and female characteristics within the same individual.
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Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI)
A self-report measure of masculinity, femininity and gender.
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Atypical Sex Chromosome Patterns
Any sex chromosome pattern that deviates from the **/XY formation and which tends to be associated with a distinct pattern of physical and psychological symtoms.
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Klinefelter's Syndrome
A syndrome affecting males in which an individuals genotype has an extra X chromosome (XXY) characterised by a tall, thin physique, smal, infertile testes and enlarged breasts.
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Turner's Syndrome
A chromosomal disorder in which affected women have only one X chromosome (XO), causing developmental problems and infertility.
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Gender Schema
An organised set of beliefs about the two sexes.
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In-group Schemas
Formed from the attitudes and expectations about one's own gender.
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Out-group Schemas
Formed from the expeactations and attitudes of the opposite gender.
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Identification
The process of acquiring the characteristics of the same sex-parent.
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Internalisation
The incorporation of the same-sex parent into an individual's personality.
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Gender Identity Disorder
A condition where by the external sexual characteristics of the body are perceived as the opposite to the psycholgical experience of oneself as male or female.
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Gender
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The social and psychological characteristics of being male or female.
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