Chapter 12

Question 0

Gender

Answer 0

Features that society associates or considers appropriate for men or women.

Question 1

Biological sex

Answer 1

Physical characteristics that define male and female

Question 2

Gender roles

Answer 2

The pattern of behavior that females and males should adopt in a particular society.

Question 3

Gender stereotypes

Answer 3

Overgeneralized and largely inaccurate beliefs about what males and females are like.

Question 4

T or F: males are more aggressive than females

Answer 4

True

Question 5

T or F: males are more active than females.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

T or f: females are more social than males.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

T or f: females have stronger verbal abilities than males.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

T or f: males have greater achievement motivation than females.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

T or f:males are more analytical than females.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

T or f: females are more suggestible and rpone to conform than males.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

T or f: females are more emotionally unstable Han males.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

T or f: males are more rational and logical than females.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

T or f: males have greater spatial and mathematical abilities than females.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Communality (or communion)

Answer 14

An orientation that emphasizes connectedness to others and includes traits of emotionality and sensitivity to others. (Wifey or mom trait)

Question 15

Systemize

Answer 15

Analyze and explore how things work.

Question 16

Agency

Answer 16

an orientation toward individual action and achievement that emphasizes traits of dominance, independence, assertiveness , and competitiveness. (Boys will be boys )

Question 17

Gender similarities hypothesis

Answer 17

States “males and females are similar on most, but not all , psychological variables. That is, men and women, as well as boys and girls! Are more alike than they are different” Hyde 2005

Question 18

Social role hypothesis

Answer 18

Suggests that differences in the roles that women and men play in society so a lot to create and maintain gender stereotypes.

Question 19

Gender identity

Answer 19

an awareness that they are either a boy or a girl, by age 2 1/2 to age 3

Question 20

Gender typing

Answer 20

Ideas about what males and females are supposedly like! And gender typed behavioral patterns, or tendencies to favor “gender appropriate” activities and behavior over those typically associated with the other sex.

Question 21

Gender segregation

Answer 21

A separation between sex, and interacting with own sex more than other sex.

Question 22

Gender intensification

Answer 22

In which gender differences can be magnified by hormonal changes associated with puberty and increased pressure to conform to gender roles.

Question 23

Biosocial theory

Answer 23

John money and ank ernhardt (1972) calls attention to he ways in which biological events influence the development of boys and girls.

Question 24

Androgenized females

Answer 24

Born with external organs that looked guy like. After surgery, some felt like Tom boys

Question 25

Major themes of cognitive developmental Theory

Answer 25

1. Gender role development depends on stage like changes in cognitive development..children must acquire certain understandings about gender before they will be influenced by their social experiences. 2. Children engage in self socialization; instead of being the passive targets of social influence, they actively socialize themselves.

Question 26

Gender stability

Answer 26

The coming to understand that gender indentity is stable over time. Boys will become men, girls will become women. At he age of 4

Question 27

Gender consistency

Answer 27

Realization that ones sex is stable across situations. Cannot be altered by dressing up as opposite sex. Age 5-7

Question 28

Gender schema (schemata)

Answer 28

Organized set of beliefs and expectations about males and Femal

Question 29

Events to prenatal period

Answer 29

Fetus develops male or female genitalia, which others will react to once the child is born Pertinent to Biosocial theory

Question 30

Events from birth to 3 years

Answer 30

Parents and other companions label child as a boy or a girl, they begi. To encourage gender consistent behavior and discourage cross sex activities.the result of the experiences, the child acquires some gender types behavioral preferences -Pertinent to social learning theory

Question 31

Events from 3-6 years

Answer 31

Once basic gender identity is established, gender schema forms, try to fit in with own sex. -pertinent to gender schema theory

Question 32

Events from 7 years to puberty

Answer 32

Children acquire the concepts of gender stability and consistency of sex. -pertinent to cognitive development theory

Question 33

Events from puberty and beyond

Answer 33

Biological changes of adolescence with social pressures, intensify gender differences and stimulate formation of an adult gender identity. -pertain to Biosocial , social learning, gender schema, and cognitive developmental theory

Question 34

Androgyny

Answer 34

Balancing or blending traits.

Question 35

Parental imperative

Answer 35

The requirement that mothers and fathers adopt different roles to raise children successfully .

Question 36

Androgyny shift

Answer 36

Retaining gender typed qualities but add qualities that are normally associated with the opposite sex.

Question 37

PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder)

Answer 37

Disorder involving nightmares, flashbacks to traumatizing events, and feelings of helplessness and anxiety in the face of danger .

Question 38

Sexual orientation

Answer 38

Preference for sexual partners.

Question 39

Double standard

Answer 39

Sexual behavior that is viewed as appropriate for males is considered inappropriate for females.