PSYCH 243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Personal Identity, Human Reproduction, Heterosexuality
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Psych 243 lecture 25 gender interaction. Erikson (8 stages of life, crises times) Intimacy: who am i related to? : during adolescent years. Males: see self with profession or a skill. Females: see self in terms of relationships with responsibility and care. Early teens become thespians : during emerging adult years. Females: more focused on developing identity along with intimacy. Males: with law and order justice view: establish rules for equal treatment, try to go by the book for fairness. Females: justice with giving a break : caring, concern with emotion and feelings, as well as justice. Homosexual: same gender and sex: 2-10% of population. Transsexual: psychosocial identity and gender assignment not the same. Heterosexuality: provides genetic variability for greater adaptation to different conditions. Homosexuality: not considered as chosen lifestyle, rather, a life determined by interaction of several biological factors: do not choose sexual orientation. Irrational fear causing sexual prejudice against persons of same-sex preferences.
