Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Skipping Rope, Genderqueer, Cisgender

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Began at moment of conception: when sperm fertilizes with egg of mother. X chromosome: 23 chromosomes in egg, one is x. Xy: for several weeks after conception, you will not have any reproductive organs. First step towards become a male or female. Development of reproductive organs: tests or ovaries. Depends on y chromosome: whether it is present or absent. If the y chromosome is present it does two things. First of all: stimulates development of testes. We see this most clearly as a condition known as: true hermaphrodites. Genetic female xx with a tiny piece of y chromosome attached: xxy, y chromosome is big enough to stimulate development of testes. But not big enough to inhibit the development of the ovaries. Development of organs: penis or clitoris. Testes produce androgens: when androgens are present. When absent, the clitoris develops: and vagina. The adrenogenital syndrome: genetic females with unusually active adrenal glands. They are not intersex: they have xx.