AS Week 8 Sex, Gender and the Key Issue

1. Complete the
Questionnaire
on Sex and
Gender

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3. Lesson Objectives
By 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.

4. On your
table:
Define the
terms SEX
and GENDER

5. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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).

11. Feminine
Androgynous
Undifferentiated
Masculine
low
Feminine Traits
high
Bem SRI
low
high
Masculine Traits

15. Gender Development

17. Describe the difference
between SEX and GENDER
using examples.
5 marks

19. 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.

21. • 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.

22. Key terms revision
Complete the
worksheet of key
terms in the
learning
approach.

23. Lesson Objectives
By 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

24. Identify
Describe
Explain
• What is the question?
• Phrase this as a question.
• What is the key issue?
• Describe the issue without using
psychological terms and concepts.
• How would psychologists explain it?
• Using psychological terms, concepts,
studies and theories as examples explain
why these behaviours happen.

25. Key Issue
The media and eating disorders.

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. Identify
Describe
Explain
• What is the question?
• Phrase this as a question.
• What is the key issue?
• Describe the issue without using
psychological terms and concepts.
• How would psychologists explain it?
• Using psychological terms, concepts,
studies and theories as examples explain
why these behaviours happen.

29. How could the media effect
our perception of our bodies?

30. Identify
Describe
Explain
• What is the question?
• Phrase this as a question.
• What is the key issue?
• Describe the issue without using
psychological terms and concepts.
• How would psychologists explain it?
• Using psychological terms, concepts,
studies and theories as examples explain
why these behaviours happen.

31. Social Learning
Theory
Operant
Conditioning
Classical
Conditioning

32. Identify
Describe
Explain
• What is the question?
• Phrase this as a question.
• What is the key issue?
• Describe the issue without using
psychological terms and concepts.
• How would psychologists explain it?
• Using psychological terms, concepts,
studies and theories as examples explain
why these behaviours happen.

33. • 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.

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