Psychology 3225A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Dominance (Genetics), Psychosexual Development, Steroid

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3225A/B
• Professor: Klaus- Peter Ossenkopp

Document Summary

Lecture 3 sexual behaviour in adolescent and adult females with. Females with adrenal hyperplasia and their sisters reported on their psychosexual development and sexual orientation. Fewer patients than sisters ever experienced a love relationship and sexual activities with male partners. 20% of the patients and none of the sisters wished for/had a homosexual relationship. Salt wasting cah patients differed more clearly form the sisters than simple-virtualizing patients. Cah is characterized by delays in reaching psychosexual milestones and increased rates of bisexual/homosexual fantasies. Brains of cah patients re influenced by prenatal androgens. Cah is a group of disorders associated with inborn errors of metabolism transmitted by autosomal recessive genes. Patients have an enzyme 21-hydroxylase (21-oh-d) deficiencies in the adrenal steroidogenesis. Patients suffer insufficient production of cortisol an increased production of androgens o o o. Causes a mascunalizatoin of the female genitalia of different degrees. Corrective surgery of the clitoris is often required.