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22 Cards in this Set
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Sex vs. Gender?
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The word sex should mean chromosome diff. Gender should mean roles and behaviors.
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CAH?
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Girls are exposed to too much androgen- affects them later--not as girly etc.
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Androgen Insensitivity?
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Boys have more female gender identities. (Metro, bi)
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Evolutionary psychs. argue?
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Gender is based on natural selection in society. Males- most sex possible- females-ensuring survival of young.
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What does evolutionary psych. prospective explain?
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Why men are more competitive and why women are more focused on relationships, and emotional understanding.
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How do kids know to act like a boy or girl?
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They are trained socially.
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What is different in the way boys and girls are treated?
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They way they are held and spoken to.
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Langlois and Downs study?
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Study where 3-5 yr olds were studied separately with mom and with dad-- Fathers noticed male children with fem toys and reacted negatively, moms were more passive.
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Parental treatment differs in terms of stressed things?
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Boys have more freedom and are trusted more, boys are stressed dominance in careers, women are stressed family ties and relationships.
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Parental treatment differs in terms of activities?
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Boys-sports, martial arts, girls-girl scouts, dance.
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Traditional parents (50's sitcom) =
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Traditional kids- homemaker mom, breadwinner dad.
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Dominant mother + passive father =
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Kids who are more likely to show emotional understanding.
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Dominant dad + passive mom =
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Ultra male or ultra female.
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Gender diffs in male genes?
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Males are more likely to have a sex linked disease. Males are more genetically fragile, more males born but evens out by age 1. Males have more receptors for sexual stimuli and spacial stimuli.
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Gender diffs in female genes?
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Females have longer life expectancy, more resistant to infection, less likely to develop psychological disorders, have less stress hormones,
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Cognitive diffs?
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Girls have more verbal advantage, boys have spacial advantage, Average girl has a higher reading and writing score and boys have higher math and science. Girls on average better students.
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Physical diffs?
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Boys are more physically aggressive, girls more verbally aggresive, girls develop emotion/self regultaion earlier than boys.
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Gender development in childhood?
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Preschool age kids know their gender and stick with same sex peer groups. Boys are socialized quicker and are more likely to engage in ONLY male activities. Ex: tom boy girl, or ballet school boy.
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When does co-ed play begin to appear?
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In elementary school, kids begin to loosen up and play together.
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Adolescence on gender?
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Adolescence return strictly to gender roles, so other gender will find them attractive. SOme say bigger issue for boys--(ie dominance adult behaviors like smoking and drinking assert masculinity)
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Adulthood gender?
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Strict gender roles vary, but can cause probs. in relationships, ex: dominant woman and man.
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Elderly people on gender?q
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Not a lot of research.- Slows down.- less competitive, More androgeny (don't really care) most people are married or single.
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