PSYC 342 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Gender Role, Gender Identity, Xist (Gene)
10 Feb 2016
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Spectrum due to sry gene vs xist gene (and other compensators) Dsds: genetic mutations, karyotype variations (different chromosomal makeup) Cah women: homosexual orientation, lower sex drive etc. Sex-related variation in human behaviour and the brain: Early androgens in female animals leads to: rough play and mounting. It used to be assumed that toy preference was purely socialized so looking at biological root is new and controversial. Main activity in childhood (central to social and cognitive development) Highly replicable and reliable (because effect size is so big play behaviour is very sexually dimorphic) Cah men and women and their unaffected siblings of the same. Looked at how much time each child played with certain boy or. Girl typical toys as well as neutral ones (e. g. lego, balls, blocks) Cah girls were between boys and unaffected boys: increased time playing with boys toys. Cah boys: no difference to unaffected boys. Given to parents and teachers to see what kids" tendencies are.
