Chapter 10.3+10.5

Question 1

gender

Answer 1

the psychological aspects of being male or female.

Question 2

gender roles

Answer 2

the culture’s expectations for male or female behavior, including attitudes, actions, and personality traits associated with being male or female in that culture.

Question 3

gender typing

Answer 3

the process of acquiring gender-role characteristics.

Question 4

gender identity

Answer 4

the individual’s sense of being male or female.

Question 5

social learning theory

Answer 5

emphasizes learning through observation and imitation of models, attributes* gender-role development to those processes.

Question 6

gender schema theory

Answer 6

theory of gender identity acquisition in which a child develops a mental pattern, or schema, for being male or female and then organizes observed and learned behavior around that schema.

Question 7

stereotype

Answer 7

a set of characteristics that people believe is shared by all members of a particular social category; a concept held about a person or group of people that is based on superficial, irrelevant characteristics.

Question 8

gender stereotype

Answer 8

a concept held about a person or group of people that is based on being male or female.

Question 9

sexism

Answer 9

prejudice about males and/or females leading to unequal treatment.

Question 10

benevolent sexism

Answer 10

acceptance of positive stereotypes of males and females that leads to unequal treatment.

Question 11

androgyny

Answer 11

characteristic of possessing the most positive personality characteristics of males and females regardless
of actual sex.

Question 12

gender differences

Answer 12

• social differences that are possibly due to psychological issues rather than biological
• social and psychological differences ( women tend to use relate style in communication while men use report style)