FRHD 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Sigmund Freud, Orgasm, Premarital Sex
7 Apr 2014
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Chapter 5 gender identity and gender roles: understand the biological and developmental perspectives of the stages of sexual development from the prenatal stage to seniority. Gender: the psychological state of being female or male, as influenced by cultural concepts of gender- appropriate behaviour. Gender is distinct from anatomic sex, which is based on the physical differences between females and males. Gender typing: the process by which children acquire behaviours deemed appropriate for their sex. Sexual differentiation: the process by which males and females develop distinct reproductive anatomy. Chromosome: a rodlike structure found in the nucleus of every living cell. It carries the genetic coe, in the form of genes. Embryo: the stage of prenatal development that begins with implantation of a fertilize ovum in the uterus and concludes with development of the major organ systems at about two months after conception. A beginning of a new human being, is only 0. 04 cm long.
