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25 Cards in this Set
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Androgens
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A class of hormones that normally occur at higher levels in males than in females and that affect physical development and functioning from the prenatal period onward
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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
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A condition in which the adrenal glands produce high levels of hormones that have androgen-like effects
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Organizational Hormonal Influences
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The potential results of certain sex-linked hormones that affecting brain differentiation and organization during prenatal development or at puberty
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Activational Hormonal Influences
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The potential of certain fluctuations in sex-linked hormone levels affecting the contemporaneous activation of certain brain and behavioral responses
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Gender Self-Socialization
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The process through which children's biases to behave in accord with their gender entity is strengthened by their greater attention to and involvement with entities and activities deemed appropriate to their gender
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Gender Identity
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Awareness of one's own gender
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Gender Stability
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Awareness that gender is stable over time
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Gender Constancy
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The realization that gender is invariant despite superficial changes in person's appearance and behavior
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Gender Schemas
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Organized mental representations (concepts, beliefs, memories) about gender, including gender stereotypes
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Ingroup Bias
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Tendency to Evaluate Individuals and Characteristics of the ingroup as superior to those of the outgroup
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Ingroup Assimilations
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Process whereby individuals are socialized to conformed to the group's norms, demonstrating the characteristics that define the group
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Tuition
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Learning about gender through direct teaching
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Enactive Experience
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Learning about gender through experiencing the reactions one's behavior evokes in others
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Gender-Essentialist Statements
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Statements about males and females that imply that the descriptions and characterizations contained therein generally apply to all members of the group in question and always will
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Opportunity Structure
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The economic resources offered by the macrosystem in Bronfenbrenner's biological model, and people's understanding of those resources
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Gender-Role Intensification
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Refers to heightened concerns with adhering to traditional gender roles
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Gender-Role Flexibility
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Refers to advances cognitive development that can allow adolescents (more often girls than boys) to transcend traditional conventions and pursue a more flexible range of interests
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Effect Size
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The magnitude of similarity and difference between groups
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Meta-Analysis
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A statistical technique used to summarize the average effect size across studies
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Puberty
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The developmental period marked by the ability to reproduce and other dramatic bodily changes
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Menarche
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The onset of menstruation
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Spermarche
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The onset of male's ability for ejaculation
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Body Image
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An individual's perception of, and feelings about, his or her own body
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Andrenarche
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The period, prior to the emergence of visible signs of puberty, during which the adrenal glands mature, providing a major source of sex steroids. This period correlates with the onset of sexual attraction
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Adrenal Glands
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Has been linked to the onset of sexual interest
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