Sex and Gender Key Terms

1. A psychological term. A child's gender identity can be identified by their attitudes and behaviour. This determines whether the child's gender identity is masculine or feminine. (6, 8)
5. A role model provides an example for the child. (9)
6. Believing that all males are similar and all females are similar. (6, 10)
7. A mental building block of knowledge that contains information about each gender. (6, 6)
8. Copying the behaviour of a model. (9)
9. A biological term. A child's sex identity can be identified by their hormones and chromosomes. This determines whether the child's sex identity is male or female. (3, 8)

1. Behaviour seen as masculine or feminine by a particular culture. (6, 4)
2. The conflict experienced by a girl because she unconsciously desires her father and is afraid of losing her mother's love. (7, 7)
3. Freud's third stage of psychological development, in which gender development takes place. (7, 5)
10. To adopt the attitudes and behaviour of the same-sex parent. (14)

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