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15 Cards in this Set
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Biology; genes
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Nature
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Environment you grow up in, and your life experiences.
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Nurture
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Defined by genitals
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Sex
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Defined by experience/mind
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Gender
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View of oneself as male or female
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Gender Identity
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Behavior consistent with being male or female
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Gender Role
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Says:
-Opportunities and restrictions in our social roles CREATE psychological gender differences. -There are certain characteristics that men/women are supposed to acquire to differentiate between male/female. -If you tell a group of people there is no difference of who will do better (male/female) then neither one will do better. |
Social Role Theory of Gender Differences
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Says:
-Men and women have different sizes of brain areas. -Men have a bigger right hemisphere (visual, spatial) -Women have a bigger Corpus Callosum. |
Brain Theory of Gender Differences
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Says:
-Natural things make men and women different. -Forces natural selection (Darwin) -Can't be tested! |
Evolutionary Theory of Gender Differences
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The tendency to prefer romantic and sexual partners of the same or different sex.
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Sexual Orientation
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What are the 4 Origins of Sexual Orientation?
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-Genetic Factors
-Sex Hormones -Birth Order -Brain-related |
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Origin of sexual orientation that says the levels of sex hormones during prenatal development can affect sexual orientation.
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Sex Hormones
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Origin of sexual orientation that says gay males are more likely to have more than 1 older brother.
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Birth Order
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Origin of sexual orientation that says homosexuals are more like the opposite sex, and that they are more likely to be non-right-handed.
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Brain-related
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Bem's Theory..
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-There is atypical sex-typed behavior as children
-hang out with children of opposite sex and see them as friends, not lovers -"exotic becomes erotic" -become more attracted to people that are different form those that you hang out with |
