COLLAB 2D03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Observational Learning, Dysphoria, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
24 Jun 2013
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Chapter 5 - gender identity and gender roles. Process where children acquire behaviour that is deemed appropriate to their sex. Sex chromosomal abnormalities fail to produce sperm -> infertile -> tese. A sex chromosomal disorder caused by an extra x sex chromosome (xxy) Fail to develop appropriate secondary sex characteristics (enlarged breasts, poor muscular development, A sex chromosomal disorder caused by loss of some x chromosome material (found in women) Develop typical external genitals, but ovaries do not develop or function normally. Labelling of a newborn as male or female. Possess gonads of one gender but external genitalia that are ambiguous or typical of the other gender. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (xx) (approx 1 in 20 thousand) Genetic female with internal female structures but masculinized external genitals. Androgen-insensitivity syndrome (xy) (approx 1 in 20 thousand) Genetic male that is prenatally insensitive to androgens. Mullerian inhibiting hormone and testosterone -> fail to respond so wolfian structures are absent.
