Psychology Of Women

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Authoritative

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Responsive:
parenting in which adults set clear rules that children understand and make consequences

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Authoritarian

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Unresponsive:
parenting with many rules that children do not understand and the parent uses power instead of explanation

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Gendered environments

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environments constructed on the basis of gender roles, dressing girls in pink ect...

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Gender intensification

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increase intraditional gender-role beliefs and activities

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Gender Boundaries

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invisiable lines separatin boy's terriatories from Girl's generally they stay within the boundaries their gender group has established

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Parental imperative

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tendency for men and women to engage in more tradition gender stereotypic behaviors once they have children

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chilly classroom climate

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atmosphere which teachers treat males and femails differently, leading women to feel ignored or worthless

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dominance hierachy

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group orangization style where members have greater status than other members

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Decoding

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ability to detect and interpret the cues provided by another person during an interaction

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Sexist Language

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includes or is based on sex biases

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Normative male

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assumption that men's beliefs or abilities are the typical or correct ones

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Generic Masculine

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using pronouns such as he or she t orefer to both males and females

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pejoratives

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terms for women that have assumed negative connotations in comparison to the parallel terms for men

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Sapir-Whorfian hypothesis

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idea that our language influences our thinking

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Gender-inclusive language

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language that includes women rather than excluding them or making them invisble

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Stereotype threat

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feeling anxious and performing poorly because you identify with a group that is beset by neg stereotypes

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Critical filter

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hypothetical barrier that must be crossed to advance to highter position

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Spatial Skills

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how we represent and manipulate symbolic, nonlinquitic information

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Spatial perception

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determine horixontal or verical connections in the context of a distracting field
such as:
picture on a wall to make it straight

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Spatial visualization

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solve multistep such as embedded firgures, that require flexibility in selecting the best strategy
such as:
"see" the target like grocery store item on a shelf

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Mental rotation

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quickly and accurately imagin 2 or 3 dimensional figures in different orientations
such as:
Child's bicycle

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Achievement motivation

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motive to succeed where your performance is evuated or compared to a standard

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fear of success

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motive to avoid achieving success
Ex: disposition to become anxious about achieving success becaus they expect neg consequences
such as social rejection

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Attributions

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explanations that a person gives for their successes of failures

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learned helplessness

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learning to be helpless in situations where one feels that they have no control over events and their outcomes

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Moral reasoning

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thought processes applied to moral or ethical problems

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Justice perspective

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moral orientation that focuses on applying rules and legal guidelines in resolving moral dilemmas

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Care perspective

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moral orientation that focuses on respect for different perspectivs and reconciliation of peoples needs in resolving moral dilemmas

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Occupational stereotype

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which jobs are appropiate for males and females

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null environment

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ignoring or failing to support a students educational and career aspirations

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Occupational feminization

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process whereby women replace men as a the majority workers ina particular occupational field

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Pink-collar jobs

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which have been stereotypically regarded as women jobs
Ex: blue collar jobs

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Tokens

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workers who account for fewer that 15% of the total group to which they belong

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Discrimination

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acting differently to someone on the basis of prejudicial beliefs about a group that the person belongs to

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Pay inequity

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earnings gap between male and female workers in the same jobs

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Gatekeepers

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people in a position to make decisions about hiring new employees

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pay entitlement

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what an individual or group believes they are entitled to earn in exchange for work

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Comparable worth

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providing equal pay for different, but equivalent jobs

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glass ceiling

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invisible barriers created by gender bias that prevent employees form advancing to top career positions

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Affirmative action

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policies intended to eliminate dicrimination and create new opportuinities for qualified women and minority group members in edu and occ

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Maternity leave

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woman leaves paid workforce to have a baby

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Scarcity theory

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adopting multiply roles
such as employment and family.
Theory believes mutilple roles will increase stress and decrease well-being

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Enhancement theory

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multiple roles complement each other and strengthen performance in all areas

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Enhancement theory

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multiple roles complement each other and strengthen performance in all areas