PSYC 362 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sexually Dimorphic Nucleus, Prefrontal Cortex, Sex Steroid
29 Aug 2016
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Reproductive behaviors are social behaviors that are critical for survival courting, mating, parental behavior, and most forms aggressive are sexually dimorphic (two ways within a species) behaviors vary systematically in m and f. Most forms of aggression are dimorphic early hormone experience plays a role in development and control of sexually dimorphic behaviors. Markers of sex chromosomal: xx or xy (23rd) determined at conception internal sex organs - different external genitalia secondary sex characteristics behavior. Production of gametes and fertilization development of sex organs. X chromosome and 22 non sex chromosomes found in cells of both males and females contain all info needed to develop bodies of their sex. Exposure to sex hormones, both before and after birth is responsible categories of sex organs. The gonads (testis or ovaries) production of ova or sperm secretion of hormones gonadal: testes or ovaries, determined by y chromosome hormonal: estrogen/androgen.
