PSYCH 3GG3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Body Plan, Y Chromosome, Typical Male
8 Jan 2017
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The observable biological markers that are used to categorize males and females. An individual"s felt gender identity and the ways that gender identity is portrayed. Men and women experienced different selection pressures in the eea. Based on social and familial divisions of labour. The gene on the y chromosome usually associated with male development in mammals. Sry is an acronym for sex determining region y. A protein that will likely trigger the development of the fetus"s testes in typical male development. Male fetuses are more likely to abort. Males more vulnerable to physical and mental maldevelopment. From birth, girls are smaller, less muscular, healthier and more mature than boys. Through childhood, boys and girls are very similar in growth rates, but boys are stronger as a group. At birth, girls are more coordinated than boys. Through childhood, girls have better balance and fine motor skills. Boys are better at running, jumping and throwing a ball.
