Gender/Identity Disorder Have you ever woke up and felt like you were trapped in the wrong body? What if you appeared‚ to the rest of the world‚ as a certain “identity‚” while you felt completely different on the inside? You were classified as male or female by your anatomical sex while your gender may be identified as the opposite. This perplex state of mind has been labeled gender maps‚ by John Money‚ as “an entity‚ template‚ or schema within the mind and brain that codes masculinity and femininity
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C21 Practice has provided a forum in which artists have explored aspects of sexual identity and self-representation. Provide a critical analysis of the work of two contemporary artists/photographers and relate their work to your practise. In the 15th century‚ the renowned German physician Paracelsus was quoted as saying `Be not another‚ if you can be yourself’ (Paracelsus‚ n.d.)‚ and this quote still echoes true today. In a world that is shifting constantly‚ being able to identify and develop who
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The Future: Gender Identity Revealed Blonde hair‚ blue eyes‚ long legs‚ the perfect 10; Barbie. Barbie was the top selling doll for girl’s ages seven to thirteen from 1959 to 2006. This fashion diva has gone to Hawaii‚ has many different looks‚ a mansion‚ and a number of different vehicles. While Barbie has everything she could ever want‚ what does she teach our children? Little girls want to be perfect‚ like Barbie‚ a nearly unachievable goal. It lowers their self-worth and sets unrealistic
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Biological Foundations of Adult Sexual Development Christina Parker PSY/340 Biological Psychology Instructor: Rebecca Wilson June 12‚ 2010 Biological Foundations of Adult Sexual Development How humans develop prenatally Humans start out as a cell that is formed from the mother’s egg and the father’s sperm. The egg and sperm carry 23 single chromosomes each and when fertilization takes place the 23 chromosomes then become paired. “All genetically normal humans‚ regardless of their sex‚
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Brain cells‚ hormones‚ and genes (etc) relate to everything one thinks‚ feels‚ does. Biological Psychology: The study of the cells and organs of the body + the phys/chem changes in behavior + mental processes. • Behaviours and mental processes influenced by biology‚ biological processes by environment as well Nervous system : Complex combination of cells that mainly function to let an organism gain information about what is going on inside/outside body and how to respond to it. Three functions
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The author‚ with the example of the term “sexual identity” explains that many more ideas are attached to what one believes as one idea‚ such as the type of person one is attracted to. These ideas include ideas about one’s self‚ others they are surrounded by‚ and non-physical dynamics such as “emotional bonds‚ sexual fantasies and ideas of masculinity and femininity that seem to come together to create the human created notion of sexual identity (271). They may also disregard other factors that are
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Genetic influences and environmental influences have the potential to positively or negatively affect the fetus. Genetic influences are inherited and environmental influences pertain to the environment and these are not inherited. For the purpose of this discussion‚ an explanation of how these influences negatively affect the development of a fetus will be rendered. In defining and describing the genetic influences‚ Dominant-Recessive Inheritance transpire when a single allele disturbs the
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Gender Identity Paper Shontelle Crawford Psychology/340 August 8‚ 2011 Professor Evi Pover Gender Identity Paper The human body is interconnected to 2 vary different superhighway systems‚ they are the nervous system and the endocrine system‚ which secretes chemical messengers called hormones. According to (Myers‚ 2008‚ p 45)‚ “hormones are chemical messengers‚ manufactured by the endocrine glands‚ which are produced in one tissue and affect another.” Hormones travel through he bloodstream
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Origins of sexual orientation have been attempted to be described with biological and environmental theories‚ though none is sufficient to explain the cause. Sexual orientation has been attributed to differences in structure and function of brain‚ specifically in hypothalamus of straight and gay men (LeVay‚ 1991). Though the research doesn’t establish hypothalamus as the cause of sexual orientation‚ it does indicate the presence of biological factor causing the sexual orientation. Several other studies
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When analyzing the topic Sexual Identity I investigated that the majority of people were against schools teaching sexual identity however‚ some don’t. I’ve always believed that a couple is based on a man and a women. Although I should know better by now I cannot help to think that children are going to be taught sexual identities at a very young age. At the same time schools have a very strong point‚ because they feel like children don’t know how they feel about themselves‚ and they should know‚
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