Module 12 Flashcards
Where do most children get their culture?
Their peers
What is the selection effect?
Someone (often adolescents) seeking out peers with similar attitudes, interests, and traits
What is culture?
The shared ideas, behaviors, values, and traditions shared within a group
What is culture shock?
When you don’t understand what’s expected or accepted in a new culture
What is an individualist?
One who gives priorities to their own goals over group goals and defining the identify in personal attributes rather than group identifications.
What is a collectivist?
Giving priorities to a group (often extended family/work group) and defining their identity accordingly
Sex vs gender
Sex is the biological, birth-assigned, sex. Gender is, for most people defined by those biological traits, but it is the cultural expectations about what it means to be a man or woman
How many chromosomes are unisex?
45
Total number of chromosomes and chromosome pairs
46 total, 23 pairs. 23 from each parent
Aggression vs relational aggression
Aggression is any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone physically or menial. Relational aggression is harming others by passing along hurtful gossip, meant to hurt their social standing.
What are two ways sex can influence gender psychology?
Genetically - different sex chromosomes
Physiologically - Differing sex hormones which trigger other anatomical differences.
Which chromosome trigger testosterone?
Y chromosome
What are gender roles?
The expected behaviors, attitudes, and traits from men and women.
What is gender identity?
The personal sense of being male or female (or other)
What is social learning theory
The theory that we learn social behavior by watching and imitating, and by being rewarded or punished
