HLWL 1109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Triple X Syndrome, Turner Syndrome, Short Stature
14 Oct 2016
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09/27/2016 - chapter 4: gender development, gender roles, and gender identity. Class discussion on communication and the presidential debate. The idea of women being seen as an object. Men and women carry themselves differently for different reasons. Children are already engaging their gender"s behavior at a young age. Women tend to use tab questions to confirm people are listening, and/or agreement. Gender: refers to behavioral, psychological, and social characteristics of men. Sex: refers to the biological aspects of being male or female. Both nature and nurture are important in forming gender. Case study: dr. john money and brenda / bruce. Watched video about jazz jennings (transgender born a boy with the mind of a girl) Prenatal development: x and y make the difference. Each parent supplies a gamete, each with half of the genetic information (23 chromosomes), including a sex chromosome. Gonads begin to develop and sexual differentiation starts.
