PSYC 333 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Sexual Script Theory, Premarital Sex, Casual Sex
12 Mar 2014
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Page 368-390, 22 pages page 1 of 12. Chapter 13: gender & sexuality: gender: socially constructed roles, behaviours, expressions and identities. It influences how people perceive themselves and each other, how they act and interact, and the distribution of power and resources in society. Usually categorized as male or female, but there is also variation in these attributes. Theories of gender development (video: gender is simultaneously a sociocultural and a psychobiological construct. Biological theories: genes & hormones: sex hormones during development affect both anatomy and behaviour, with exposure during sensitive periods helping to organize the formation of brain circuits that support behavioural sex differences. Show male-typical toy preferences and play patterns, may identify as less gender typical tomboys . Increased likelihood of same-sex attraction: androgen insensitivity syndrome: lack of androgen receptors, develop female phenotype of external genitals but lack uterus and ovaries, individuals with ais will have female-typical brain structures.
