as week 8 sex, gender and the key issue
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AS Week 8 Sex, Gender and the Key IssueTRANSCRIPT
Complete the Questionnaire on Sex and Gender
Lesson ObjectivesBy the end of the lesson you …
• Must be able to describe (AO1) gender and sex.
• Should be able to identify (AO1) the difference between gender and sex.
• Should be able to apply (AO2) the learning approach to explaining gender development.
On your table:
Define the terms SEX
and GENDER
Sex refers to biological differences; chromosomes, hormonal profiles, internal and external sex organs.
Gender describes the characteristics that a society or culture delineates as masculine or feminine.
Klinefelter syndrome (KS) occurs in some men who have more than one X chromosome (XXY).
XXY occurs in approximately 1 out of 580 live male births, but many men with it do not develop KS.
When KS does develop, it usually goes undetected until puberty or sometimes much later.
XYY syndrome is a disorder in which a male infant is born with an extra Y chromosome. (1-1000)
Boys with XYY syndrome tend to be tall and have difficulties with language. Their IQ tends to be slightly lower than that of their family members. Many experience learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, and minor behavioural disorders.
Turner syndrome (XO) is a genetic condition that only affects females. It is caused by an abnormal sex chromosome and affects about 1 in every 2,000 baby girls.
Females with Turner syndrome often have a wide range of symptoms and some distinctive characteristics. Two that occur in almost all cases of Turner syndrome are:being shorter than average underdeveloped ovaries (female reproductive organs), resulting in a lack of monthly periods and infertility. As height and sexual development are the two main characteristics, Turner syndrome is often undiagnosed until a girl reaches puberty (sexual maturity).
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Gender Development
Describe the difference between SEX and GENDER using
examples.
5 marks
Gender: The Learning Approach
Emphasises the crucial role played by observational learning and reinforcement. It is sometimes found that children are more likely to imitate same-sex models than opposite-sex models; they are also reinforced more when they do so.
Using as many terms, definitions and concepts from the learning approach explain how someone learns their gender behaviours.
• Must be able to describe (AO1) gender and sex.• Should be able to identify (AO1) the difference
between gender and sex. • Should be able to apply (AO2) the learning
approach to explaining gender development.
Key terms revision
Complete the worksheet of key
terms in the learning
approach.
Lesson ObjectivesBy the end of the lesson you …
• Must be able to describe (AO1) the learning approach key issue.
• Should be able to apply (AO2) the learning approach to explaining a key issue.
Pg. 30-31
• What is the question?• Phrase this as a question.Identify
• What is the key issue?• Describe the issue without using
psychological terms and concepts.Describe
• How would psychologists explain it?• Using psychological terms, concepts,
studies and theories as examples explain why these behaviours happen.
Explain
Key Issue
The media and eating disorders.
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterised by immoderate food restriction and irrational fear of gaining weight, as well as a distorted body self-perception.
Anorexia is simply a medical term for lack of appetite, and people with anorexia nervosa do not, in fact, lose their appetites.
The key issue in the Learning approach is can the media have an effect on our perception of our bodies, body dysmorphia and eating disorders?
Make sure that the key issue is phrased as a
question.
• What is the question?• Phrase this as a question.Identify
• What is the key issue?• Describe the issue without using
psychological terms and concepts.Describe
• How would psychologists explain it?• Using psychological terms, concepts,
studies and theories as examples explain why these behaviours happen.
Explain
How could the media effect our perception of our bodies?
• What is the question?• Phrase this as a question.Identify
• What is the key issue?• Describe the issue without using
psychological terms and concepts.Describe
• How would psychologists explain it?• Using psychological terms, concepts,
studies and theories as examples explain why these behaviours happen.
Explain
Social Learning Theory
Operant Conditioning
Classical Conditioning
• What is the question?• Phrase this as a question.Identify
• What is the key issue?• Describe the issue without using
psychological terms and concepts.Describe
• How would psychologists explain it?• Using psychological terms, concepts,
studies and theories as examples explain why these behaviours happen.
Explain
• Must be able to describe (AO1) the learning approach key issue.
• Should be able to apply (AO2) the learning approach to explaining a key issue.
