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23 Cards in this Set
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gender
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the collection of psychological traits that differ between males and females
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gender identity
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a person's subjective sense of being male or female
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sexual orientation
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the direction of an individual's sexual feelings, sexual attraction towards persons of the opposite sex (heterosexual) the same sex (homosexual) or both (bisexual)
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transgender
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a person who identifies with the other sex
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gender role
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the expression of gender identity in social behavior: includes clothes we wear, how we talk/walk and what sex we claim to be
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cognitive
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related to the aspects of the mind that process knowledge or information: men- visiospatial skills, women-memorization of location, verbal
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personality
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the collection of mental and behavioral traits especially those related to emotions and attitudes
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cross gender differences in six personality factors
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males scored higher in factos named: "assertiveness" "openness to ideas" and women did in "warms" openness to emotions" "neuroticism" "agreeableness"
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gender constancy
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a child's understanding that sex is a fixed attribute
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gender schema
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a collection of ideas about ender that influences perception and judgement
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sexual scripts
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socially negotiated roles that govern sexual behavior
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transsexual
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a person who identifies with the other sex and who seeks to transition to the other sex by means of hormone treatment and sex-reassignment surgery. Transexuals can be male-to-female or female-to-male
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gender dysphoria
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the unhappiness caused by discordance between a person's anatomical sex and gender identity
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transman
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a female to male transexual
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transwoman
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a male to female trasexual
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mahus, hijras, kathoeys, two-spirit persons
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transgender people in traditional societies: polynesia, india, thailand, native cultures of North America
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Transvestism
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wearing clothes of the other sex for purposes of sexual arousal. sometimes applied to cross-dressing for any reason
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autogynephilia
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a form of male-to-female transexuality characterized by a man's sexual arousal at the thought of being or becoming a woman
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transitioning
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changing one's physical sex and social gender
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real-life experiences
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a period of living in the role of the other sex as a prelude to sex reassignment
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sex-reassignment surgery
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surgery to change a person's genitals to other sexual characteristics
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5 steps so changing sex
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1: physiological and psychological evaluation
2: real-life experience 3: hormonal treatment 4: sex-reassignment surgery 5: follow ups |
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metoidioplasty
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surgical construction of a small penis from a clitoris (includes hormonal treatment)
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