Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Biological influences on gender - genes and hormones

Make sure your can describe the sequence of events by which the genes on the Y chromosome lead to a male gender identity / male gender behaviour according to the biological approach. Key words to use:
Androgen
Prenatal
Hypothalamus

Here is the presentation from the lesson.

Homework is to make notes addressing these questions on Young (1966):

What does this suggest about human gender development?
What are the strengths of this research?
- What arguments can be made for applying these findings to human gender development?

What are the limitations?
- What are the arguments against?



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