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Karen J. Prager, Ph.D., A.B.P.P. Professor of Psychology and Program Head for Gender Studies Diplomate in Family Psychology The University of Texas at Dallas |
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More Information About Dr. Prager's work Processes in Couple Relationships Teaching and Professional Practice Selected Papers and Publications
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| Female-Male Comparisons: Lecture Outline
Sex Differentiation and Physical Functioning The Sexual differentiation process 1. Genes & chromosomes 2. Sex glands 3. Sex hormones 4. Differentiation of internal reproductive tract 5. Differentiation of external genitalia 6. Differentiation of some brain areas What are we looking at when we examine "biological factors?" Genes and chromosomes X & Y Wolfian ducts Mullerian ducts "Indifferent gonad" H-Y antigen. Gonads & hormones Gonads secrete sex hormones Testis Testosterone and other androgens Mullerian-inhibiting substance (MIS) Ovary Estrogens and progesterone "bi-sexual potential" Differentiation of internal reproductive structures Differentiation of external genitalia The Brain Hypothalamus and hormonal cycling vs. non-cycling Are brains fixed, in utero, into a "male" or "female" organization just the way genitalia are? Effects on female rats of prenatal testosterone gonadotropins and the pituitary gland Sex of assignment Chromosomal anomalies Turner's syndrome Klinefelter's Syndrome Double-Y males What is the effect of the Y chromosome on biological sex? What have we learned from chromosomal anomalies about X & Y functions? Androgen-insensitivity syndrome Documented physical sex differences When it is most likely that inherited or other physical sex differences affect sex differences in behavior? Nature vs. nurture: What are four ways to ask this question? Do Physical Sex Differences Have Implications for Behavior? Girls with adreno-genital syndrome What is the source of gender identity? Pre-natal hormones? Research in Dominican Republic Transgendering & Transsexuals |