PSYC 3480 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Social Learning Theory, Prenatal Development

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How children acquire their knowledge abt gender and how they develop their personality characteristics, preferences, skills, behaviours, and self-concepts: prenatal period: Between birth and 18 months: prenatal sex development: Sex chromosomes: 23rd pair of chromosomes determine embryo which will be female or male. Gonads look similar in beginning 6 weeks after contraception. At about 10 weeks the gonads develop into female ovaries. Mullerian regression hormone which shrinks the female ducts. 2. androgen hormone which make the wollfian ducts: also encourages growth of external genitals. Intersexed: genitals not clearly female and not clearly male. Xy(male) produce normal amounts of androgen, but a genetic defect makes their bodies not respond to it. Xx(female) receive as much androgen as males do during prenatal, Peoples responses: favouritism towards boys is so strong, india/korea they seek determination and abortions of females, chinese 120 males for every 100 females, turkey consider females guests until marriage.

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