EDP 150B1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sex Assignment, Cisgender, Executive Functions
27 Sep 2018
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Executive function: executive functions are a set of cognitive processes that are necessary for the cognitive control of behavior: selecting and successfully monitoring behaviors that facilitate the attainment of chosen goals. On d2l in advance of discussion section (posted @ 10 pm 8/22)- look for timing on d2l. Conceptualize notes, and re-write notes in own language! Sex: beyond the binary- range of possibilities mean binary system is misleading. Gender identity- self concept as male, female, both, neither, etc. (may differ from. Intersex- reproductive/sexual anatomy that doesn"t fit (cid:824)male(cid:825) or (cid:824)female(cid:825) assigned sex at birth) Gender expression- external representations of gender. (clothing, haircut, voice, behavior) Cisgender- gender identity aligns with assigned sex at birth. Transgender- identity/expression differs from assigned sex. (doesn"t imply sexual orientation)
