Gender Psychological Perspectives (5Th Ed.) Linda Brannon From Ch.5 And Ch.6 Glossary

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Castration Complex

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in Freudian theory, the unconscious fear that the father will castrate his son as a punishment for the son's sexual longings for his mother.

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Gender Constancy

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the knowledge that gender is a permanent characteristic and will not change with superficial alterations.

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Gender Identity

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individual identification of self as male or female.

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Gender Labeling

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the ability to label self and others as male or female

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Gender Role

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a set of socially significant activities associated with being male or female.

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Instincts

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In Freudian theory, the drives or impulses that underlie action, thought or other aspects of personality functioning, which include the life, or sexual, instinct, or the death, or aggressive, instinct.

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Masochism

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Feelings of pleasure as a result of painful or humiliating experiences

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Oedipus Complex

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in Freudian theory, the situation that exists during the phallic stage in which the child feels the unconscious sexual hostility towards the same-sex parent and unconscious sexual feelings for the opposite sex parent. Freud used this to explain the family dynamics that occur during the phallic stage of personality development.

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Operant Conditioning

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A type of learning based on the administration of reinforcement or punishment. Receiving reinforcement links the reinforcement with the behaviour that preceded it, making the behaviour more likely to be repeated.

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Pre-Oedipal Period

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Time during early childhood, before the phallic stage and the Oedipus complex. Some psychoanalytic theorists, including Chodorow, have emphasized the importance of this period for personality development.

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Psycho-sexual Stages

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In Freudian theory, the series of stages ranging from birth to maturity through which the individuals personality develops.

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What are the 5 Psycho-sexual Stages?

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Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency,and Genital

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Punishment

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Reinforcement

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schema

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unconscious

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