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Unit 5 - Module 37: Gender Development
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- 1Unit Five - Module 37 Gender DevelopmentGender Development
- 2sexIn psychology, the biologically influenced characteristics by which people define 'male' and 'female.'
- 3genderIn psychology, the socially influenced characteristics by which people define, 'boy,' girl,' 'man,' and 'woman.'
- 4intersexPossessing male and female biological sexual characteristics at birth.
- 5aggressionAny physical or verbal behaviour intended to harm someone physically or emotionally.
- 6relational aggressionAn act of aggression (physical or verbal) intended to harm a person's relationship or social standing.
- 7male answer syndromeWhen asked a question, men are more likely than women to hazard an answer than to admit they don't know.
- 8tend and befriendWhen dealing with stress, women are more likely than men to turn to others for support.
- 9X chromosomeThe sex chromosome found in females and males. Females typically have two X chromosomes and males typically have one. An X chromosome from each parent produces a female child.
- 10Y chromosomeThe sex chromosome typically found only in males. When paired with an X chromosome from the mother, it produces a male child.
- 11testosteroneThe most important male sex hormone. Males and females have it, but the additional testosterone in males stimulates stimulates the growth of the male sex organs during the fetal period, and the development of male sex characteristics during puberty.
- 12estrogensSex hormones that contribute to female sex characteristics and are secreted in greater amounts by females than by males.
- 13primary sex characteristicsThe bodily structures (ovaries, testes, and external genitalia) that make sexual reproduction possible.
- 14secondary sex characteristicsNonreproductive sexual traits, such as female breasts and hips, male voice quality and body hair.
- 15spermarcheThe first ejaculation.
- 16menarcheThe first menstrual period.
- 17roleA set of expectations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave.
- 18gender roleA set of expected behaviours, attitudes, and traits for males and females.
- 19gender identityEach person's internal and individual experience of gender. A person's sense of being a woman, a man, both, neither, or anywhere along the gender spectrum. A person's gender identity may be the same as or different from their birth-assigned sex.
- 20binaryA system that categorizes gender into two mutually exclusive and fixed options: male and female. This classification is often based on biological characteristics such as reproductive organs, chromosomes, and hormones.
- 21non-binaryA term for gender identity that is outside the male/female gender binary. Non-binary identities often fall under the transgender umbrella since non-binary people typically identify with a gender that is different from the sex assigned to them at birth.
- 22social learning theoryThe theory that we learn social behaviour by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished.
- 23gender typingThe acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role.
- 24androgynyDisplaying both traditional masculine and feminine psychological characteristics.
- 25transgenderAn umbrella term describing people whose gender identity or expression differs from that associated with their birth-designated sex.
- 26gender dysphoriaA sense of unease that a person may have because of a mismatch between their biological sex and their gender identity.
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