Chapter 3 Flashcards
(15 cards)
1
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Sex
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Biological Characteristics
2
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Primary Characteristics
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- Sex
- ex. chromosomes, hormones, reproductive organs
3
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Secondary Characteristics
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- Sex
- Puberty changes
4
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Binary Assumptions
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- Sex
- sex fits into two categories (male and female)
- intersex = not clearly male or female biologically
5
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Gender
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Social and Cultural Expectations
6
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Tertiary Characteristics
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- Gender
- traits, behaviour, and roles culturally assigned to masculinity and femininity
7
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Gender identity
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- a persons internal sense of gender
8
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Gender Expression
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- how a person presents their gender
9
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Are men and women psychologically different?
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- yes but only in some areas and very little
- physical traits = categorically (clear cut)
- psychological traits = spectrum = overlap significantly
10
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Similarities
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- value closeness and intimacy
- seek support, women tend to provide higher quality support
- experience relationship satisfaction and disatisfaction similarly
11
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Differences
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- men tend to be more aggressive but not all men more than all women
- women develop more complex mental maps of the relationship
- men consistently report being more satisfied in relationships than women
12
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Relationship Awareness
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- Women = more complex mental models
- Men + women are equally capable pf predicting success or failure in relationship
- Men = more likely to say they don’t know why relationship ended
13
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Quality of Support
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- Women provide higher quality support
- Men meet requests for support with criticism
- men + women seek support from women
14
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Physical Intimacy
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- Men = higher sex drive
- sexual satisfaction more closely linked to overall relationship satisfaction
15
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Breakups
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- women = more likely to initiate breakups
- women = distress before breakup but recover fast (income drops but overall happiness remains stable)
- men income stays stable but happiness drops
- men reneter relationships faster
