PSYC 3480 Chapter Notes -Paramesonephric Duct, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Mesonephric Duct
12 Feb 2013
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Gender typing: includes how children acquire their knowledge abt gender and how they develop their gender related personality characteristics like their skills, behaviours and self-concept. Child"s behavior and skills that are related to gender. Sex chromosomes: 23rd pair of chromosomes--determines gender. Typical prenatal dev (four development steps are highlighted) Until about 6 weeks after conception, male and females are the same: they both have the 2 sets of reproductive systems. Mullerian ducts: early primitive (1) reprod system in a fetus that can eventually become female genitals. Internal male system: wolffian ducts: these appear in the 6 weeks after conception. After 6 weeks, y of male will tell (2) gonads to enhance the male parts, the female parts will be created 8-10 weeks. For females, ovaries start making estrogen (but doesn"t play a role in the dev of female organs) More research about male development than female.
