Digication ePortfolio :: Biological Psychology

DRAFT: This module has unpublished changes.

Here is a PDF of the PowerPoints used in this week's lecture: Sex & Love.pdf

Here are the actual PowerPoint slides: Sex & Love E.pptx

DRAFT: This module has unpublished changes.

Key Terms

genotypic sex	SDN-POA (Sexually Dimorphic Nucleus of the Pre-Optic Area of the hypothalamus)
sex chromosome	INAH (interstitial nuclei of the anterior hypothalamus)
Turner’s syndrome	lateralization of function
Klinefelter’s syndrome	sexual response cycle
XYY "super male”	amygdala
organizing effects	hypothalamus
activating effects	POA (PreOptic Area)
gonads	Coolidge effect
Androgen Insensitivity (AIS)	over-androgenization theory
androgens	index-to-ring finger ratio
estrogen	MHC (Major Hisotcompatibility Complex)
testosterone	pheromones
congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)	VNO (vomeronasal organ)
critical period	Fisher’s 3 Stages of Love
sexual dimorphism	oxytocin
brain sex	vasopressin

Concepts

Understand how sexual development occurs for males and females prenatally and at puberty
What makes the brain sexually dimorphic
Know the main structures in the human brain associated with sexual behavior
Understand how the Coolidge effect works
Neuroscientists’ current understanding of heterosexual and homosexual behavior for males and females
Fisher’s 3 stages of love and the general brain systems associated with each
Structural vs. functional differences in the brain