PSYCH 243 Lecture Notes - Secondary Source, Adrenal Gland, Myasthenia Gravis
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Offspring care taking using features from each parent. Gender: total biological, physiological, and cultural combination. In between male and female is every other possibility. No clear point separates maleness from femaleness. Assumes future sexual reproduction as female or male. Irony: can only be confirmed after successful reproduction. X45 or xo (turner"s syndrome) : female sterile. Sex hormone classes influence secondary sex features. Puberty: body structure changes in both males and females changes. Women outlive men 4-10 years throughout the industrialized world. Rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and myasthenia gravis (women > men) Sexual dimorphism (di = two, morphism = forms) Late maturing boys more self esteem difficulties. Early maturing boys: some social and athletic advantage, more likely to have school difficulties and minor delinquencies. Less affected by early or late maturing. Late maturing girls may have more anxiety (mixed data) Sex hormones of each person"s complemental gender. Secondary source for primary estrogens or androgen. Males: puberty onset relatively abrupt and remains high.
