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Gender Identity, Gender Roles, and Sex Differences. Chapter 6. Learning Objectives. Prenatal Sexual Differentiation Gender Identity Gender Roles and Stereotypes Gender Differences Gender Typing Psychological Androgony. Prenatal Sexual Differentiation. Prenatal Sexual Differentiation.
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Gender Identity, Gender Roles, and Sex Differences Chapter 6
Learning Objectives • Prenatal Sexual Differentiation • Gender Identity • Gender Roles and Stereotypes • Gender Differences • Gender Typing • Psychological Androgony
Prenatal Sexual Differentiation Development of the internal sex organs from an undifferentiated stage at about five or six weeks after conception
Gender Identity • Children • First aware of anatomical sex by 18 months • Firmly acquire sense of gender identity at 36 months
Gender Identity • The experiences of intersexual individuals have helped uncover the relative importance of nature and nurture.
Gender Identity The term transsexualismwas used previously