Sex recognition

Animals · Animal ethology · Comparative psychology · Animal models · Outline · Index

In order to mate animals need a system of sex recognition in order to identify partners of the opposite sex.

Sex recognition in humans[]

In humans the appearance of the secondary sex characteristic underpin the visual differences between the sexes as they approach reproductive capacity.

Developmental aspects[]

CHildren learn to recognise sexual differences as part of socialization.

Sex recognition in animals[]

References & Bibliography[]

Key texts[]

Books[]

Hay, D. C. (2001). Repetition priming of face gender judgments: An instance based explanation. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.

Papers[]

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Dissertations[]

Kenyon, B. L. (1995). The relationship between understanding that gender is unchangeable and the development of sex-typed preferences in preschool-aged children. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering.
Nakamura, T. (1996). Discrimination by pigeons of photographs containing pigeons and other bird species. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering.
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Sokal, L. J. (2001). Mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters: Gender schematicity in the family context. Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities and Social Sciences.
Zimmerman, B. J. (2002). Differences in children's implicit gender knowledge and explicit gender beliefs as a function of age and gender schematicity. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering.

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