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1. web.stanford.edu › ~eckert › PDFCHAPTER 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO GENDER - Stanford University

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   gender is the social elaboration of biological sex. Not surprisingly, social norms for heterosexual coupling and care of any resulting children are closely intertwined with gender.

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2. opentext.wsu.edu › psychology-of-gender › wp-content3rd edition - Open Text WSU

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   1.1.3. What is a Psychology of Gender? Before we can define gender, we must understand the meaning of sex. Though sex and gender are sometimes used interchangeably in everyday language, they have distinct meanings in the scientific contexts of collecting data and conducting research. Sex refers to the biological, anatomical aspects of an ...

3. www.sagepub.com › upm-binaries › 102434_Ch1CHAPTER 1 Introducing Sex and Gender - SAGE Publications Inc

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   Learning Objectives. Students who read this chapter should be able to do the following: Explain central terminology 1.1 in the study of sex and gender. Evaluate how culture, 1.2 gender identity, and sexual orientation shape the experience and expression of sex and gender.

4. www.firstpsychology.co.uk › files › gender-identityUnderstanding & exploring gender identity - First Psychology

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   Gender diversity expert Meg-John Barker (2019) offers a biopsychosocial understanding of gender which shows how all aspects of our biology, psychology, and social context shape each other. Our bodies and brains are shaped by our gendered experiences, such as physical interventions

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5. www.researchgate.net › publication › 332289875(PDF) The Concept of 'Gender' According to Different Approaches

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   For example, biologically-oriented theories ascribe gender differences to the differential biological roles played by males and females while sociological theories focus on the sociostructural...

6. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › 29460079The Biological Contributions to Gender Identity and Gender ...

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   Here we review the evidence that gender identity and related socially defined gender constructs are influenced in part by innate factors including genes. Based on the data reviewed, we hypothesize that gender identity is a multifactorial complex trait with a heritable polygenic component.

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   Is gender a biological difference?

   • Gender builds on biological sex, but it exaggerates biological difference, and it carries biological difference into domains in which it is completely irrelevant. There is no biological reason, for example, why women should mince and men should swagger, or why women should have red toenails and men should not.

   Chap1 - Stanford University

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   What is the sex/gender distinction?

   • The sex/gender distinction is conceived by researchers in different ways. Some that produces sex. Those that take a sociobiological view found that there is no gender, for there are no cultural determinants of human life. All is "sex." This model of human social organization. It argues that gender is the outcome of bodies.

   (PDF) The Concept of 'Gender' According to Different Approaches

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   What is gender identity & biological sex?

   • A person whose gender identity and biological sex assigned at birth are the same. For example, being assigned male at birth and expressing their gender as male. A person who feels as though their gender is not fixed and varies over time. Those who do not identify with being a man or a woman.

   Understanding & exploring gender identity - First Psychology

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   How do psychological theories relate to gender?

   • Although psychological theories vary, they focus on linking one’s sex to gendered personalities via the influences of close relationships. Later theories also recognize the influences of culture in developing one’s gender.

   Theories of Gender/Sex

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8. us.sagepub.com › 140571_book_item_140571Theories of Gender/Sex

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   People, whether researchers, media figures, or folks like you, generally identify one of three influ-ences as central: biological, psychological, or cultural. Biological theories define gender as biologically tied to sex and distinctive hormones, brain structures, and genitalia typify each sex.