PSYCH 3060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Paramesonephric Duct, Male Reproductive System, Sexual Differentiation
26 Sep 2017
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Gender identity- one"s sense of being a man or a woman; acquired by age 3. Gender role- set of culturally specific norms concerning the expected behaviors and attitudes of men and women. Chromosomes- rod shaped structures containing the genetic material that determines a persons inherited characteristics (boy xy girl xx) Wolffian duct system- primitive duct system found in embryos that, if allowed to develop, becomes the male reproductive system. Mullerian duct system- primitive duct system found in embryos, if allowed to develop, will become the female reproductive system. -we cant always define someone"s sex by the genitals respond to it. A clitoris, labia, and vagina develop but the internal female structures do not develop because the testicles still secrete. -usually raised as a female and can still be very feminine. Freud believes that that phallic stage is when a person gains their sexual identity. Identification- the adoption of the roles of the same sex parent by a child.
