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Details Title: Psyc137 Chp 3 (Mesa College) Description: Auth: Crooks, Prof: Mor Total Flash Cards: 27 Created: 09/27/2004 23:40:27	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term sex Definition biological distinction of being male or female; physical attributes Term gender Definition psychological experience of being male or female; feminine or masculine attributes Term gender identity Definition our identity; how we perceive ourselves Term gender roles Definition attitudes and behaviors expected of us; leads to stereotyping Term androgyny Definition having both traditional masculine and feminine characteristics Term sex and gender influence Definition nature and nurture Term socialization Definition whereby we learn and adopt society's expectations for our behaviors Term five agents of socialization Definition parents, peers, school, television, & religion Term normal gender - identity formation of sex Definition determined at conception by chromosomes Term normal gender - identity formation of normal cell Definition has 46 chromosomes; arranged in pairs; 23 pairs Term 22 pairs of autosomes Definition influence physical attributes Term 1 pair of sex chromosomes Definition influence sex Term only females carry Definition x chromosomes Term males carry Definition x or y chromosomes Term if egg fertilized by x bearing sperm Definition = female (xx) Term if egg fertilized by y bearing sperm Definition = male (xy) Term abnormal gender - identity formation Definition true hermaphrodites, pseudo hermaphrodites, transsexuals Term true hermaphrodites Definition rare: gonads are mixture of male and female (have both ovarian and testicular) Term pseudo hermaphrodites Definition more common; gonads match chromosomal sex; other anatomy is mixture of structures or incomplete Term syndrome: normal gender identity Definition chromosomal sex: 46 xx or xy, gender: male or female Term syndrome: hermaphrodite Definition chromosomal sex: ambiguous or contradictory, gender: male or female Term syndrome: turner syndrome Definition chromosomal sex 45 xo, gender: female Term syndrome: klinefelter's syndrome Definition chromosomal sex: 47 xxy, gender: male Term syndrome: androgen insensitivity Definition chromosomal sex: 46 xy, gender: female Term syndrome: fetally androgenized female Definition chromosomal sex: 46xx, gender: female Term syndrome: dht-deficient males Definition chromosomal sex: 46xy, gender: female before puberty or male before puberty Term transsexuals Definition sex and gender are inconsistent; person feels trapped in body of wrong sex; normal individuals with healthy sex organs