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Chapter 7
Sex and Gender
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sex | a person's biological classification as either male or female based on the sex chromosomes contained in his or her DNA |
| X Chromosomes | sex chromosomes that exist as a matched pair in females and as part of an unmatched pair in males |
| Y Chromosomes | sex chromosomes that exist in males as an unmatched pair |
| Gender | set of behaviors and characteristics that dfine individuals as boys and men or girls and women in society |
| Mullerian system | precursor of female sex organs |
| Wolffian system | precursor of male sex organs |
| Gonads | first sex organs to develop (identical for male and female in first 4 weeks of development) |
| Androgens | male hormones |
| External genitalia | consist of penis and scrotum in males. labia,clitoris, & external vagina in females |
| Androgen insensitivity syndrome | condition in which a gentically males fetus' rceptors for androgens fail to function, resulting in the development of external female genitalia |
| Gender typed | boys and men who show trditionally masculine traits and behaviors, and girls and women who show traditionally feminine traits and behaviors |
| Androgynous | people who are neither specifically masculine or feminine |
| Gender identity disorder | condition in whihc a person feels he or she was born with the body of the wrong sex |
| Transexual | a person who has had sex reassignment surgery |
| Social learning theory | emphasizes the role of cognition in motivation and the importance of expectations in shaping behavior |
| Gender schema theory | states that the process of gender differentiaiton begins at a very young age |
| Gender roles | expectations about the way mena and women behave |
| Gender stereotype | widely held concept about a person or group of people that is based only on gender |
| Sexism | consists of prejudice and unfair treatment against men or women based on gender stereotypes |
| Benevolent sexism | acceptance of positive stereotypes or favorable biased behavior that propogates unfairness and inequalities based on gender |
| Male answer syndrome | phenomenon in which males are more likely that females to guess at answers to diffifcult questions rather than reveal their uncertainty |
| Sexual orientation | enduring sexual attraction toward members of our own sex, the other sex, or both |
| Erotic plasticity | the degree to which sex drive is shaped by cultural, social, and situational factors |
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