Concepts that organize one's experience of characteristics associated with being male or female are called

A) gender roles.
B) sexual orientations.
C) gender schemas.
D) primary sex characteristics.

Gender Schemas

Cognitive structures that reflect the perceived appropriateness of behaviors and attitudes for males and females within a culture.

Male

A biological sex characterized by the presence of XY chromosomes, typically associated with specific sexual and reproductive anatomy.

Female

Describes organisms or individuals of a species that are typically characterized by the production of ova (eggs) and often distinguished by reproductive anatomy.