Role of Genes and Hormones sex= biological fact gender==person's sense of who they are 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyGenderA2/A-levelAQA Created by: chevytardis67Created on: 01-06-15 18:10 396821457 Across 1. 4 children in Batista family born with female genetalia. raised as females. Male genetalia appeared during puberty due to large amounts of testosterone produced. Girls accepted change of sex without difficulty (8, 8, 2, 2) 4. Deterministic, reductionist, ethics (4) 5. Gender development goverend by hormones. Produced prenatally and in adolescence. influences brain/ genetalia development which both influennce gender behaviour. Development of genetalia. Brain development. (8) 6. Olympics. Genetic sex no longer determine entry to games since 1991. Only excluded from women's events if obviously, physically male (4, 5, 11) 9. Studied 16 genetic males born with almost no penis. 2 were raised as males. 8 out of 14 gilrs reassigned themsleves male by 16. (9, 2, 2) Down 2. 27 women aged 25-30. Completed question and saliva samples. Females with higher testosterone scroed higher in masculinity. (5, 2, 2) 3. Ambigous genetalia. Girls interested in male type activities/tomboyish (8, 3, 6) 7. Case study of David Reimer. Raised as female when penis accidently burnt off. Thought enviromental factors would override biological, David struggled with accepting assigned gender and reverted back. Falsified reports (5) 8. Female monkeys given testosterone during prenatal development. Found they later involved in rough and tumble play and showed more aggression (8, 2, 2)
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