I hear people try to talk about "biological sex" and I shake my head because it’s clear that they don’t actually know what they are talking about. There are, at minimum, three ways to biologically define sex (1. Chromosomes & Genes 2. External Genitalia 3. Internal Reproductive Organs), and any or all of these may differ from the other two biological definitions. And we’re not even going to talk about gender identity, which can also differ from the three definitions, too! So, when someone says anything about biological sex and doesn't talk about at least a couple of these biological markers, then they are basing their biological knowledge off of their kindergarten teacher forcing kids into lunch lines based on boys and girls. I’m a psychologist, not a biologist or geneticists, so this might be pretty simplistic, but here's the most elementary definitions of sex and gender that we go over in my Human Sexuality course...
I finished my lecture on stress and coping a few weeks ago. During these crazy COVID-19 physical distancing times, I thought that sharing some of what I shared in that lecture might be a good idea. Here you go! Stress affects your health in both the short-term and the long-term. This video describes how that works . The Cognitive Appraisal Approach suggests that the way that you think about two things affects how stressful a change will be: Primary: Classifying the change as threatening or as an opportunity to succeed, then Secondary: Determining if you have enough resources to cope with the change. So, if you see the opportunity in any challenge, and focus on your resource s to deal with it, then it will be less stressful. Meditate! Meditation improves mood, and it also improve your health by suppressing the sympathetic nervous system. Since you missed the chapter on biological psychology, the sympathetic nervous system controls: H...