PSYC 107 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Human Sexual Activity, Natural Selection, Sex Organ
18 Apr 2016
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Females and males are very similar to each other. The fertilized egg will develop into a boy if it receives a y chromosome from its father. On average, girls begin puberty at about the age of 11, boys about the age of 13. Those born with sexual anatomy that differs from standard male or female babies may be considered intersex. Gender role refers to our: sense of being male or female, expectations about the way males and females should behave, biological sex, unisex characteristics. When children have developed a gender identity, they have a sense of being male or female. Sexual dysfunctions are problems that men and woman may have related to sexual arousal and sexual function. Paraphilia"s are conditions, which may be classified as psychological disorders, where sexual arousal is associated with socially unacceptable target partners and/or suffering or self or others.
