final Flashcards
(34 cards)
your gender, and the genders of the people you are attracted to
sexual orientation
five dimensions of sexual orientation
- sexual attraction
- sexual behavior
- personal identity
- romantic relationships
- community membership
issues in defining sexual orientation
- assumes gender is binary
- does not include desired aspects besides gender
- does not account for different types of attraction
scale from 0-6 that represents sexual orientation as a continnum
kinsey scale
grid that reflects how different categories sexual orientation change over time
klein sexuality grid
measured categories of social configurations theory
- strength of element (importance of sexuality)
- specificity of sexuality
- challenge to cultural norms
a change in sexual or romantic attraction over time and/or context
sexual fluidity
negative attitudes and feelings towards bisexual people, including intolerance, hatred, and fear
biphobia
denial of bisexuality as a valid sexual orientaiton
bisexual erasure
common bisexual stereotypes
just a phase, do not exist, greedy, everyone is bisexual, etc.
orientation categorized by lack of sexual or romantic attraction
asexuality
sexual and romantic attraction are distinct
dual model of attraction
3 elements of sternberg’s triangular theory of love
- intimacy: feelings of closeness
- passion: physical attraction
- commitment: desire to maintain relationship
factors that influence our attraction to others
similarity, familiarity (mere exposure), personality, social influence, fulfilling needs
people are more likely to form relationships with someone who is equally attractive
matching hypothesis
if somebody likes somebody else, they are likely to reciprocate that feeling
reciprocal liking
relationships such as open relationships, swingers, poly, etc.
consensual non-monogamy (cnm)
four horsemen of the apocalypse
- contempt
- criticism
- defensiveness
- stonewalling
implicit stereotypes during interviews lead to
- lower female performance
- lower male interviewer evaluation
gender differences in body language
- men are more assertive, maintain eye contact, use confident tone
- women are more reserved, avoid eye contact, use soft tone
power posing
- when people feel less confident, they may hunch and fold arms
- when people feel more confident, they may stretch out and stand broadly
gender differences in confidence and self-promotion
- men speak assertively about experience and are more confident
- women speak humbly about experience and are less confident
star method for interviews
- situation (introduce situation)
- task (describe task and involved challenges)
- action (what and how you did it)
- result (explain results of efforts)
methods for negotiating salaries
- research beforehand
- negotiate assertively
- don’t accept first offer
- negotiate beyond salary