Gender

Question 1

When can human babies distinguish between male and female faces?

Answer 1

At around 3 months, when they start to prefer female faces.

Question 2

What is the definition of “sex”

Answer 2

Refers to the biological features that characterize male and female of a species.

Question 3

What are Primary Sex Characteristics?

Answer 3

Features that we are born with that support sexual reproduction.

Question 4

What are examples of primary sexual characteristics?

Answer 4

Chromosomes 
Sex hormones 
Testes 
Ovaries 
Genitals

Question 5

What are secondary sex characteristics?

Answer 5

develop during puberty , which signal fertility and maturity

Question 6

What is an example of a secondary sex characteristic?

Answer 6

Breasts
Finer skin
subcutaneous fat in females
facial hair in males 
deep voice

Question 7

What is “Binary Assumptions”

Answer 7

That sexes can be divided into two fixed, unchanging, and non-overlapping categories.

Question 8

What sex chromosomes will a human male have?

Answer 8

XY

Question 9

What are the odds of being born with varying numbers of X and Y chromosomes?

Answer 9

1/400 pregnancies

Question 10

What percentage of the population identify as Intersex?

Answer 10

1-2%

Question 11

Define “intersex”

Answer 11

Possessing chromosomes or physical characteristics that re not clearly identifiable as male or female.

Question 12

What is a “separate” problem with using biological features to classify peoples sex?

Answer 12

Most sex characteristics are invisible or hidden.

ie. When we meet someone, we cannot see their hormones or their chromosomes

Question 13

What is gender?

Answer 13

The attitudes, traits, and behaviors a culture identifies as masculine or feminine along with expectations and beliefs about the acceptable and appropriate social roles for women and men.

Question 14

What is a “tertiary sex characteristic”

Answer 14

Gender

Question 15

What is gender identity?

Answer 15

Their perception of themselves as masculine or feminine.

Question 16

What is cisgender?

Answer 16

When someones gender identity does match the sex they were assigned at birth.

Question 17

What is Transgender?

Answer 17

When someones gender identity does not match the biological sex their were assigned at birth.

Question 18

What is gender expression?

Answer 18

How someone fulfilled expectations about gender identity.

Question 19

What does it mean to be “Androgynous”?

Answer 19

They express both masculine and feminine traits.

Question 20

What is one of the benefits of a Androgynous expression?

Answer 20

Competent in many situations, and less constrained in situations related to gender.

Question 21

What would constitute a High level of masculine traits?

Answer 21

Masculine + Androgynous

Question 22

What would constitute a low level of masculine traits?

Answer 22

Undifferentiated + feminine

Question 23

What would constitute a high level of feminine traits?

Answer 23

Androgynous + feminine

Question 24

What would constitute a low level of feminine traits?

Answer 24

Undifferentiated + masculine

Question 25

What is a schema?

Answer 25

Cognitive representation that organizes ideas and beliefs about cretin concepts.

Question 26

What is a meta-analysis?

Answer 26

the combination of all known research relating to one variable.

Question 27

What is the "d statistic"?

Answer 27

The number that captures the differences between men and women.

Question 28

What does it mean when D=0

Answer 28

it means that men and women do not differ on the characteristic in question. ( they perfectly overlap)

Question 29

What does a positive d value mean?

Answer 29

Means that men score higher then women on the specified dimension

Question 30

What does a negative d value mean?

Answer 30

Means that women score higher then men on the specified dimension.

Question 31

What is intrasexual competition?

Answer 31

When the same sex/gender compete with the same sex/gender for a potential mate.

Question 32

What is power?

Answer 32

An individuals capacity to alter the behavior and experiences of others, while also resisting their influence.

Question 33

What is social structural theory?

Answer 33

Differences in how money, power, and resources are dived between men and women.

Question 34

What is emphatic accuracy?

Answer 34

The capacity for one person to be accurate in knowing what someone else is thinking or feeling.

Question 35

Within Canada, is our ability to gather information about gender identity good?

Answer 35

Major measurement problems, not as specific as it should be.

Question 36

How many people in Canada identify as transgender?

Answer 36

Less than 1%

Question 37

True or false: Gender identity is psychological Gender expression is behavioral

Answer 37

True

Question 38

True or false: | Sex gives you a definitive guide to how people will behave.

Answer 38

False, | It gives you hints, but many people are fluid among how they interact

Question 39

What question did Carothers and Reis ask about men and Women?

Answer 39

If the psychology of men and women are dimensional or categorical.

Question 40

Are men and Women categorical?

Answer 40

In some aspects they are yes: | Physical aspects more so than anything

Question 41

Are Men and Women dimensional?

Answer 41

In some aspects they are yes: | Psychological aspects in this case.

Question 42

What does it mean to be dimensional?

Answer 42

Men and women distribution of characteristics will be approximate a normal distribution.

Question 43

What does Meta-analysis of men and women suggest?

Answer 43

Men and Women tend to show overlapping distributions on SOME traits.

Question 44

what does this statement mean? there is more within sex variability then there is within sex variability

Answer 44

There are more differences within men (caring - not caring) | Then there are between men and women.

Question 45

True/false: | Average differences between men and women are generally large?

Answer 45

False: | They are generally small

Question 46

True/False: | Even when there is a large difference, overlap in distribution is still substantial

Answer 46

True.

Question 47

True or false: | Men and women are more alike then they are different

Answer 47

True......Although these small differences (when put together) do lead to some patterns in male and female characteristics. Leading to different expectations.

Question 48

True/False: | Men develop more cognitively complex representations of the relationship events.

Answer 48

False. | Women develop more cognitively complex representations of the relationship events.

Question 49

Do Men or Women consistently report being more satisfied in their relationships?

Answer 49

Men

Question 50

True or false: | Women see interconnections between various relationship events that men may not.

Answer 50

True

Question 51

True or false | In daily life, men provide higher quality support than men

Answer 51

False. | Women give MUCH MUCH better support.

Question 52

On average men and women seek out what for support.

Answer 52

they both seek out women

Question 53

Men may resent having to provide support, wish their partner is more What?

Answer 53

Self-sufficient

Question 54

True or false: | Sexual satisfaction is more closely linked to relationship satisfaction for men than women

Answer 54

True

Question 55

Who is more likely to end a relationship?

Answer 55

Women

Question 56

Whos is more likely to bring up conflict

Answer 56

Women (87% of the time)

Question 57

Do men or women experience more distress before the relationship ends

Answer 57

Women

Question 58

Do men or women experience more distress after the relationship ends

Answer 58

Men

Question 59

Do men or women reenter a new relationship faster after a breakup?

Answer 59

Men.