PSYO353-CH5 part (131-141): gender identity & gender roles
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aragrev7 on October 26, 2010
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psychology 353 - aspects of human sexuality
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Psychology 353
Aspects of Human Psychology
Chapter 5 PART (131-141) - Vocabulary
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UBCO - PSYO353 Psychological Aspects of Human Sexuality
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Gender | The psychological state of being female or being male, as influenced by cultural concepts of gender-appropriate behaviour; compare and contrast the concept of gender with anatomic sex, which is based on the physical differences between females and males |
| Gender typing | The process by which children acquire behaviour that is deemed appropriate to their sex |
| Sexual differentiation | The process by which males and females develop distinct reproductive anatomy |
| Chromosome | One of the rod-like structures found in the nucleus of every living cell that carry the genetic code in the form of genes |
| Zygote | a fertilized ovum (egg cell) |
| Embryo | The stage of prenatal development that begins with implantation of a fertilized ovum in the uterus and concludes with development of the major organ systems at about two months after conception. |
| Androgens | Male sex hormones |
| Testosterone | The male sex hormone that fosters the development of male sex characteristics and is connected with the sex drive |
| Inguinal canal | A fetal canal that connects the scrotum and the testes, allowing the latter to descend |
| Cryptorchidism | The condition defined by undescended testes |
| Klinefelter syndrome | A sex-chromosomal disorder caused by an extra X sex chromosome |
| Turner syndrome | A sex-chromosomal disorder caused by loss of some X chromosome material |
| Gender identity | One's belief of being male or female |
| Sex assignment | The labeling of a newborn as a male or a female, also termed gender assignment |
| Intersexual | A person who possesses the gonads of one gender but external genitalia that are ambiguous or typical of the other gender (also termed pseudohermaphrodite) |
| Hermaphrodites | People who possess both ovarian and testicular tissue |
| Congenital adrenal hyperplasia | A form of intersexualism in which a genetic female has internal female sexual structures but masculinized external genitals. |
| Androgen-insensitivity syndrome | A form of intersexualism in which a genetic male is prenatally insensitive to androgens. As a result, his genitals do not become normally masculinized. |
| Intersexuality | All the different types of syndromes characterized by some abnormality or anomaly in physical sex differentiation |
| Dominican Republic syndrome | A form of intersexualism in which a genetic enzyme disorder prevents testosterone from masculinizing the external genitalia |
| Transsexualism | A condition in which people strongly desire to be of the other sex and live as a person of the other sex; referred to as gender identity disorder by the American Psychiatric Association |
| Transgenderism | "(1) a synonym for transsexualsim; (2) an activist movement seeking rights and pride for transgendered individuals (see pg. 138 for long list of people included in this)" |
| Gender dysphoria | A sense of incongruity between one's anatomic sex and one's gender identity |
| Homosexual transsexuals | Extremely feminine gay men who seek sex reassignment |
| Autogynephilic | Descriptive of transsexuals who are sexually stimulated by fantasies that their own bodies are female; from roots meaning "self", "woman", and "love" or "desire" |
| Phalloplasty | The surgical creation of an artificial penis |
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