psychology unit b revision

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sex

sex is the biological aspect of the individual, whether they are a boy of a girl

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gender

gender is the social aspect of being male and female

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the male sex hormone

testosterone

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female sex hormone

oestrogen

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difference between sex and gender

gender is your social aspects this is that your assigned your gender by others around you whereas your sex is your biological aspect this is including your hormones and chromosomes, your gender may change but your sex will always stay the same

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this is called Androgyny?

this is a term used when an individual posses both masculine and feminine traits.

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sex role stereotypes?

these are culturally determined beliefs about what a particular gender should be. this is often an over generalisation about the expected behaviour of an individual based on their sex for example a little girl would be expected to play with dolls.

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