FRHD 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: X Chromosome, Paramesonephric Duct, Sex Steroid
13 Aug 2012
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Chapter 5 gender identity and gender roles. Gender: the psychological state of being female or male, as influenced by cultural concepts of gender-appropriate behaviour; compare and contrast the concept f gender with anatomic sex, which is based on the physical differences between females and males. Gender roles the clusters of behaviour that are deemed masculine or. Gender typing: the process by which children acquire behaviour that is deemed appropriate to their sex. Gender differentiation: the process by which males and females develop distinct reproductive anatomy. Chromosomes: one of the rodlike structures found in the nucleus of every living cell that carries the genetic code in the form of genes. When a sperm fertilizes an ovum, 23 chromosomes from the male parent normally combine with 23 chromosomes from the female parent. An ovum carries an x sex chromosome, but a sperm carries either an x or a y. 3 weeks heart begins to drive blood through the embryonic bloodstream.
