Gender Definitions

Whether indi is biologically m or f

The social or psychological characteristics of males or females

Types of qualities and characteristics seen as app for each sex

Co-existence of m and f characteristics within same indi

Self-report measure of masculinity, femininity and gender roles

Structures of nucleic acids and proteins found in nucleus of living cells that contain genetic info

Chemical messengers released into bloodstream from glands

Steroid hormone stimulates dev of m secondary sexual characteristics

Group steroid hormones promotes dev and maintenance of f characteristics

Polypeptide hormone acts also as neurotransmitter that controls key aspects of reproductive system

Chromosomal condition affects m physical and cog dev

Chromosomal condition affects f physical dev

Exp of gend dev that perceives children as developing an understanding of gend in stages, with gender role beh only apparent after an understanding emerges that gender is fixed and constant

Exp of gend dev sees gend identity alone as providing children with motivation to assume sex-typed beh patterns

Arousal in boys of an unconscious sexual desire for their M and fear/dislikfe for their F

Exp of gend dev that sees gend identity and roles as aquired during phallic stage where focus of libido moves to genitals

Arousal in girls of an uconscious sexual desire for their F and dislkie of their M

Process of aquiring characteristics of same sex parent

Incorporation of same sex parent into and indi’s personality

Exp that sees gend dev as occuring through observation and imitation of models

Effect of society on gend dev

Condition where external sex characteristics of body are perceived as opp to psychological experience of oneself

Perception that disorder is condition learned via socialisation processes

Perception disorder is psychologically determined