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Ch 1-3 Flashcards

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Androgynous

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Describing one who incorporates both masculine and feline qualities

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Bisexual

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Individuals who accept other sex and same sex individuals as sexual partners

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Constructionists

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People with perspective that gender cannot be divorced from its context.

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Cross sex typed

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Condition of possessing the biological traits of one sex but exhibiting the psychological traits that correspond with the other sex

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Feminine

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Description of traits, behaviors, or interests of the female gender role.

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Feminism

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Belief that men and women should be treated equally.

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Gender

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Term used to refer to the social categories of male and female.

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Gender culture

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Each society’s or culture’s conceptualization of gender roles.

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Gender identity/ gender role identity

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ONE’s perception of oneself as psychologically male or female.

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Gender role

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Expectations that go along with being male or female.

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Gender role attitude

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One’s personal view about men and women should behave.

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Heterosexual

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Individuals who prefer other sex, sexual partners.

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Homosexual

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Individuals who prefer same sex, sexual partners

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Interrole conflict

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Experience of conflict between expectations of two or more roles that are assumed simultaneously.

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Intersex

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A person who is born with ambiguous genitalia

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Intrarole conflict

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Experience of conflict between expectations within a given role.

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Masculine

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Description of trait, behavior, or interest assigned to the male gender role.

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Maximalist

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Persons who maintain there re important differences between the two sexes.

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Minimalist

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Persons who maintain the two sexes are fundamentally the same.

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Role

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Social position accompanied by a set of norms or expectations.

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Sex

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Term used to refer to the biological categories of male or female.

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Sex discrimination

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Behavioral component of one’s attitude toward men and women that involves differential treatment of people based on their biological sex.

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Sexism

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Affective component of one’s attitude toward sex characterized by demonstration of prejudice toward people based on their sex

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Sex related behavior

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Behavior that corresponds to sex but is not necessarily caused by sex

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Sex stereotype/ gender role stereotype

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Cognitive component of one’s attitude toward sex.

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Sex typed

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Condition of possessing the biological traits of one sex and exhibiting the psychological traits that correspond with the sex.

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Sex typing

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Acquisition of sex appropriate preferences, behaviors, skills, and self concept (i.e. the acquisition of gender roles)

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Sexual orientation

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Preference to have other same sex or same sex persons as sexual partners.

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Transgender

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Descriptive term referring to an individual whose psychological sex is not congruent with biological sex.

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Transsexual

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Persons to biological sex have been changed surgically to reflect their psychological sex

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Age effect

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Effect due to the age of the respondent

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Cohort effect

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Effect due to the cohort her generation other respondent

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Correlational study

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Study in which one observes the relationship between two variables often at the single point in a time

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Cross sectional study

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Study in which the data are collected at one point in time usually from across the selection of different age groups

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Data

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Information (e.g.thoughts feelings behaviors) collected for the purpose of scientific examination

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Demand characteristics

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The way participants of an experiment can influence the outcome of a study

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Dependent variable

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Variable that is expected to be influenced by manipulation of the independent variable; the effect

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Empiricism

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Basis of scientific method that involves the collection of information via one of the major senses )usually site)

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Experimenter effects

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Ways in which the experimenter can intentionally or unintentionally influence the results of the study

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External validity

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The confidence that the results from an experiment generalize to the real world

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Facts

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Statements made about data

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Field experiments

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Experiments in which the investigation is taken into the environment where the behavior to be studied naturally occurs

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Hypothesis

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Prediction that are certain outcome will occur under a specific set of conditions

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Independent variable

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Variable manipulated during an experiment, the cause

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Internal validity

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The confidence that the true cause of the effect is being studied

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Longitudinal study

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Study in which data are collected at multiple times.

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Meta-analysis

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A statistical tool used to synthesize the results of a study

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Negative correlation

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Correlation in which the level of one variable increases and the level of the other variable decreases

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Positive correlation

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Correlation in which the level of both variables increase or the levels of both variables decrease at the same time

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Random assignment

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Method of assignment in which each participant has an equal chance of being exposed to each condition

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Replication

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Repetition of a study often with different measures of the independent variable and the dependent variable

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Selection bias

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Results of participates not being randomly sampled or being randomly assigned to condition

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Social desirability response bias

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A demand characteristics ways in which participants behave and experiments to give socially desirable answers

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Stimulus/ target variable

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Variable that can be manipulated in an experiment

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Subject variable

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Variable that is a permanent characteristic of the person (subject) and may affect the person’s response to another variable

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Theory

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Abstract generalization that provides an explanation for a set of facts

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