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17 Cards in this Set
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Initiation Rites
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Rights of passage that mark admission into adulthood.
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Puberty
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The biological event that marks the end of childhood.
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Menarche
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Females first menstrual period.
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Spermarche
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Males first ejaculation.
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Asynchrony
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The condition of uneven growth or maturation of bodily parts.
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Rationalization
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Deal with overpowering emotional feelings.
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Identify Crisis
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A time of inner conflict during which they worry intensely about their identities.
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Social Learning Theory
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The belief that humans develop in one continuous process.
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Clique
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A group within a group.
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Conformity
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Acting in accord with group norms or customs.
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Anorexia Nervosa
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Characterized by refusing to eat and not maintaining weight.
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Bulimia Nervosa
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Characterized by binge eating followed by purging, vomiting, using laxatives or rigorous dieting and fasting to eliminate calories taken in during the binge.
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Gender Identity
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One's physical and biological makeup.
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Gender Role
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A standard of how a person with a given gender identity is supposed to behave and includes the traditional behaviors that society expects of people because they are male or female.
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Gender Stereotypes
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Oversimplified or prejudiced opinions and attitudes concerning the way men or women should behave.
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Androgynous
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Roles that involve a flexible combination of traditionally male and female characteristics.
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Gender Schema
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A mental representation of behavior that helps a child organize and categorize behaviors.
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