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Ch 1-3 Flashcards

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Androgynous

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Describing one who incorporates both masculine and feline qualities

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Bisexual

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Individuals who accept other sex and same sex individuals as sexual partners

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Constructionists

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People with perspective that gender cannot be divorced from its context.

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Cross sex typed

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Condition of possessing the biological traits of one sex but exhibiting the psychological traits that correspond with the other sex

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Feminine

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Description of traits, behaviors, or interests of the female gender role.

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Feminism

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Belief that men and women should be treated equally.

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Gender

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Term used to refer to the social categories of male and female.

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Gender culture

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Each society’s or culture’s conceptualization of gender roles.

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Gender identity/ gender role identity

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ONE’s perception of oneself as psychologically male or female.

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Gender role

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Expectations that go along with being male or female.

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Gender role attitude

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One’s personal view about men and women should behave.

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Heterosexual

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Individuals who prefer other sex, sexual partners.

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Homosexual

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Individuals who prefer same sex, sexual partners

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Interrole conflict

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Experience of conflict between expectations of two or more roles that are assumed simultaneously.

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Intersex

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A person who is born with ambiguous genitalia

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Intrarole conflict

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Experience of conflict between expectations within a given role.

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Masculine

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Description of trait, behavior, or interest assigned to the male gender role.

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Maximalist

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Persons who maintain there re important differences between the two sexes.

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Minimalist

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Persons who maintain the two sexes are fundamentally the same.

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Role

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Social position accompanied by a set of norms or expectations.

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Sex

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Term used to refer to the biological categories of male or female.

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Sex discrimination

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Behavioral component of one’s attitude toward men and women that involves differential treatment of people based on their biological sex.

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Sexism

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Affective component of one’s attitude toward sex characterized by demonstration of prejudice toward people based on their sex

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Sex related behavior

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Behavior that corresponds to sex but is not necessarily caused by sex

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Sex stereotype/ gender role stereotype
Cognitive component of one's attitude toward sex.
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Sex typed
Condition of possessing the biological traits of one sex and exhibiting the psychological traits that correspond with the sex.
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Sex typing
Acquisition of sex appropriate preferences, behaviors, skills, and self concept (i.e. the acquisition of gender roles)
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Sexual orientation
Preference to have other same sex or same sex persons as sexual partners.
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Transgender
Descriptive term referring to an individual whose psychological sex is not congruent with biological sex.
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Transsexual
Persons to biological sex have been changed surgically to reflect their psychological sex
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Age effect
Effect due to the age of the respondent
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Cohort effect
Effect due to the cohort her generation other respondent
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Correlational study
Study in which one observes the relationship between two variables often at the single point in a time
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Cross sectional study
Study in which the data are collected at one point in time usually from across the selection of different age groups
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Data
Information (e.g.thoughts feelings behaviors) collected for the purpose of scientific examination
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Demand characteristics
The way participants of an experiment can influence the outcome of a study
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Dependent variable
Variable that is expected to be influenced by manipulation of the independent variable; the effect
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Empiricism
Basis of scientific method that involves the collection of information via one of the major senses )usually site)
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Experimenter effects
Ways in which the experimenter can intentionally or unintentionally influence the results of the study
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External validity
The confidence that the results from an experiment generalize to the real world
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Facts
Statements made about data
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Field experiments
Experiments in which the investigation is taken into the environment where the behavior to be studied naturally occurs
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Hypothesis
Prediction that are certain outcome will occur under a specific set of conditions
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Independent variable
Variable manipulated during an experiment, the cause
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Internal validity
The confidence that the true cause of the effect is being studied
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Longitudinal study
Study in which data are collected at multiple times.
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Meta-analysis
A statistical tool used to synthesize the results of a study
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Negative correlation
Correlation in which the level of one variable increases and the level of the other variable decreases
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Positive correlation
Correlation in which the level of both variables increase or the levels of both variables decrease at the same time
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Random assignment
Method of assignment in which each participant has an equal chance of being exposed to each condition
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Replication
Repetition of a study often with different measures of the independent variable and the dependent variable
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Selection bias
Results of participates not being randomly sampled or being randomly assigned to condition
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Social desirability response bias
A demand characteristics ways in which participants behave and experiments to give socially desirable answers
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Stimulus/ target variable
Variable that can be manipulated in an experiment
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Subject variable
Variable that is a permanent characteristic of the person (subject) and may affect the person's response to another variable
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Theory
Abstract generalization that provides an explanation for a set of facts

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