Difference gender plays on sexual development
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Explain the interaction between hormones and behavior and how this interaction affects the development of adult sexuality.
Evaluate biological psychology processes on sexual differentiation.
Determine key biological changes in sexual development.
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The interactions between hormones and behavior and how this interaction affects the development of adults is explained. The solution is 300 word essay with references.
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Hormones are the chemical substances secreted within the body by a system of glands (Carducci, 2002). Both genders possess gonads glands which are responsible for releasing the hormones responsible for regulating sexual development; male gonads are testes and ovaries are in females. The hormones released by the gonads are androgen and testosterone in males and estrogen and progesterone in females. These hormones influence the development of primary sexual characteristics including the major reproductive organs (Carducci, 2002) as a part of ...
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