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Revision video condensing all of Gender Psychology for AQA paper 3 psychology into a quick rundown.

See the Gender Psychology playlist for more in-depth information and evaluation writing for each section.


Covered in this video:
• Sex and gender. Sex-role stereotypes. Androgyny and measuring androgyny including the Bem Sex Role Inventory.

• The role of chromosomes and hormones (testosterone, oestrogen and oxytocin) in sex and gender. Atypical sex chromosome patterns: Klinefelter’s syndrome and Turner’s syndrome.

• Cognitive explanations of gender development, Kohlberg’s theory, gender identity, gender stability and gender constancy; gender schema theory.

• Psychodynamic explanation of gender development, Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, Oedipus complex; Electra complex; identification and internalisation.

• Social learning theory as applied to gender development. The influence of culture and media on gender roles.

• Atypical gender development: gender dysphoria; biological and social explanations for gender dysphoria.

0:00 Intro
0:50 Sex and gender
3:32 chromosomes and hormones
5:46 Atypical Sex Chromosome
6:59 Cognitive - Kohlberg
8:45 Cognitive - GST
10:18 Psychodynamic explanation
12:26 Social learning theory
15:20 Culture and Media
16:16 Atypical
18:36 Outro