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29 Cards in this Set
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Differences between males and females can be detected in the
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physical, psychological, and social realms
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Gender diffences arise from an interaction of
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biological influences and socialization into gender roles
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The average male is more
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aggressive
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The average male has better
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spatial and mathematical problem-solving tasks
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The average male is less adept at
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verbal tasks
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Males tend to be more
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active, assertive, and developmental vlnerable
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Females tend to be more
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compliant with adults' requests, tactful, nurtarant, and anxious
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By what age do infants obtain gained knowledge of their basic gender identity and display "gender appropriate" play preferences
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Age 2
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At the ages of 2 and 3, they are already learning
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gender stereotypes
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At what age do childre start to segregate themselves by sex
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Ages 2-3
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Around what age do children first experience their first sexual attraction
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10
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Around what age do children acquire gender stability
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age 4
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Children come to understand that gener identity is
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stable over time.
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According to reasearch, Gender stereotypes increased from and decreased
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4-6// 8-9
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Who suggests that young children may exggerate gender roles to cognitively larify these roles.
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Maccoby
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sex differences may be magnfied by hormonal changes associated with
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puberty and increased pressure to conform to gender roles.
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many androgenized girls were
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tomboys and preferred male activities.
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According to psychoanalytic theory a preschool age girl is said to experience an
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Electra complex
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Children learn masculine or feminine identities, preferences, and behaviors in two ways... according to
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Social learning theory
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Differential reinforcement
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Children are reareded for sex-appropirate behaviors and are punished for behaviors considered more appropriate for members of the other sex
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Organized sets of beliefs and expectation about males and females that influence the kinds of information they will ettend to and remember
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Gender schemata
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What term describes mothers and fathers adopting different roles to raise children successfully
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parental imperative
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What type of people seem to be high adaptable, flexible, positive and have high self esteem
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androgynous people
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Sigmund Freud claims that humans are sexual beings from
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birth onward
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27% of women and 16% of men reported to be
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sexually abused
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Two problems that are linked to sexual abuse are
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1. acting out
2. post traumatic stress disorder |
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Nightmares, flashbacks, and exiety are all componets of
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Post traumatic stress
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The effects of abuse are likely to be more severe when the abuse involves
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1. a long period of time
2. a close relative 3. Lack of emotional support |
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What influences the development of seual orientation
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1. Genetic code
2. Environmental factors |