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culture |
the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next. |
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norm |
an understood rule for accepted and expected behavior. prescribe proper behavior. |
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individualism |
giving priority to one's own goals over group goals and defining one's identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group identifications |
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collectivism |
giving priority to the goals of one's group (often one's extended family or work group) and defining one's identity accordingly. |
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gender |
in psychology, the biologically and socially influenced characteristics by which people define male and female |
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aggression |
any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt of destroy |
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x-chromosome |
the sex chromosome found in both men and women. Fremals have 2 x chromosomes; males have 1. an x chromosome from each parent produces a female child |
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y-chromosome |
the sex chromosome found only in males. When paired with an x chromosome from the mother, it produces a male child |
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testosterone |
the most important of the male sex hormones. Both males and females have it, but the additional testosterone in males stimulates the growth of the male sex organs in the fetus and development of the male sex characteristics during puberty |
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role |
a sex of expectations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave |
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gender role |
a set of expected behaviors for males or females |
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social learning theory |
the theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished |
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gender identity |
our sense of being male or female |
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gender typing |
the acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role. |
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transgender |
an umbrella term describing people whose gender identity or expression differs from that associated with their birth sex |
