Chap 3 - Psychosocial perspective of gender and sexuality Flashcards
Social script ascribed to individuals performing to their role in child-bearing or child-rearing and related tasks such as maintaining the household
Reproductive role
Social script ascribed to individuals pertaining to their role in economic production and related tasks such as engaging in public affairs and living in the world of work.
Productive role
this is anything associated with mental process behaviors
Psychological
associated with human relationships, connections, and interactions
social
These domains means that in studying gender and sexuality, it is important to look into the way people think (cognition), feel (affect), and behave (behavior) since these are linked to one another.
Psychology
3 primary psychological domains
affect, behavior, cognition
FIELD OF SCIENCE which concerns itself with the human person’s realities and experiences as part of groups and institutions including the structures and functions of these institutions, and the dynamics of human relationships within them.
Sociology
conscious understanding of something
self-awareness
§What am I physiologically?
§What is my gender?
§What is my sexual orientation?
§How am I expressing my gender?
§How do I feel about my sexuality
Am I happy with what I am?
self - awareness
understanding others
other - awareness
§What is he/she physiologically?
§What is his/her preferences?
§How is he/she different from me?
§How is he/she similar from me?
§What is his/her motivations and aspirations?
other - awareness
A bond formed between two/more people, manifested through communications and interactions
Human relationship
Process of knowing others and allowing others to know us
intimacy
The process by which we learn cultural norms and traditions.
Socialization
Well being
Observed, outward, and can be evaluated through the presence/absence of particular elements in our environment.
objective well being
Personal experience of satisfaction, meaning, and purpose.
subjective well being
The totality of our sensory experiences and perception.
sensorium
Our affect (emotions and feelings) actually play a major role in our behavior.
true
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT SENSORY EXPERIENCES RELATED TO SEXUALITY?
Visual, Olfactory, tactile, and auditory
Overall, both men and women value physical attractiveness and this is true across many different cultures.
However, there are some studies that have explored gender differences in visual stimuli and sexual arousal.
visual experience
The study of _______________ found that when confronted by an intimate interaction, men would tend to be rather influenced by _______________.
On the other hand, women were found to be more influenced by the ____________.
Visual experience, Rupp and Wallen, visual cues, context
Scientists have tried to explain how human olfaction influence sexuality. Our noses are the best compass to find a suitable partner because of two reasons:
-Pheromones
-Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC )
Chemical molecules released in humans, insects, and animals that trigger a response to or elicit specific behavioral expressions or hormonal changes from the opposite sex, the same sex, or both sexes of the same species.
Pheromones
the part of the brain that interprets these chemical messages.
- this part comprises much of the ___________, the part of the body responsible of managing our emotions, including sexual behavior.
Olfactory Experience, Hypothalamus, Limbic system
A group of genes that code for proteins that help the immune system recognize foreign substances.
Major Histicompatibility Complex
It is because of these genes that we feel attracted to another person’s signature odor.
Major Histocompatability Complex
Heterosexual females tend to like wearing floral sweet scents but want musky-spicy scent to be worn by their partners.
True
Heterosexual males and homosexual females preferred wearing musky-spicy scent and liked their partners to wear floral-sweet scent.
True
Homosexual males wanted musky-spicy for themselves and their partner
True
