PSYC 3480 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Paramesonephric Duct, Allosome
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Gender typing: how children acquire their knowledge about gender and how they develop their gender-related personality characteristics , preferences, skills, behaviours, and self-concepts. Prenatal period: before birth when sex organs develop. Sex chromosomes: 23rd pair that determines if embryo will be male or female. Mullerian ducts develop into internal female system and wolffian ducts in male system. Gonads: sex glands identical during first few weeks of conception. Male testes secrete androgen to encourage growth of male external genitals and female o(cid:448)aries se(cid:272)rete estroge(cid:374) (cid:271)ut does(cid:374)(cid:859)t see(cid:373) to lead to organ development. The 4 processes that lead to gender differentiation are: internal reproductive system, gonads, hormones, external genitals. Intersex: unclear genitals, chromosomes, internal system, gonads, hormones, and external genitals 2% of the pop. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia: females receive the same amount of androgen as males making their genitals look somewhat masculine.
