BIOL 178 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Defeminization, Sexual Differentiation
6 Mar 2020
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Hormonal influences on sex differences in human behavior: What are the relative roles of biology and culture in determining sex differences in. Sex differences in human behavior: sexual differentiation occurs in late first trimester through early second trimester, how do we determine the role of hormones (if any) in generating sex differences in human behavior, between-subjects approach: Compare behavior between populations of people (within one sex) that differ hormonally due to natural variation, pathology, or clinical treatment: within-subjects approach: Compare behavior within individual people across different hormonal conditions (e. g. due to the menstrual cycle, aging or clinical treatment) Gender role: the collection of behaviors and attitudes that are considered appropriate or normal within a specific culture for each sex, congenital adrenal hyperplasia (cah, cah girls, compared to their unaffected sisters . Early androgen exposure can increase masculine behavior in girls. Early androgen exposure can decrease feminine behavior in girls (defeminization: cah boys, compared to unaffected brothers .
