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1
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When tracing back 100,000 years, we are all ____

A

Africans

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T/F humans have little that is universal

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F. Many aspects are universal.

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How did the difference in color of skin happen?

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Africans stayed in Africa (sunscreen for tropics)

More north, evolved to have vitamin D without much directed sunlight

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Evolutionary Psychology

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Natural selection and its relation to predisposing psychological traits in genes

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Sex

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Male/Female. Biological distinction. (Chromosomes, genitals, secondary sex diffs)

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Gender

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Characteristics that people associate with (due to biology, culture, or both)

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6
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Differences in behavior between boys and girls is sex or gender?

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Gender

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7
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How has treatment of intersex individuals changed?

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Before: assigned gender at birth and diminished sex diffs surgically

Now: some wait until the child identifies till surgery

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8
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How many Americans are transgender?

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4/1000

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9
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Why might men have stronger sex drives?

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Evolutionary psychology: It’s more costly for women to have sex.

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Why might men be more aggressive?

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Physically dominant men have had more success in getting access to females

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11
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Genghis Khan is an ancestor of ___________

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approx 1 in 200 men worldwide

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12
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Evolutionarily, why might women want male achievers?

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They want someone who can raise their child without financial struggles

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13
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What do men want?

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Healthy and youthful women. (fertility)

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14
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Are mate preferences universal?

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They are pretty universal. As evolutionary perspective predicts.

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15
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Gender and Hormones. Why is it important?

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More testosterone in men. Genes don’t tell full story.

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16
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What can increase/decrease testosterone?

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Aggression increases. Compassion decreases.

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17
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Androgynous.

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Merging of male and female characteristics. Happens as people grow into adult life.

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18
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Critique of Evolutionary Psychology (or evolutionary explanations)

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Easy to use hindsight (nothing can be wrong! anything can be retrofitted.)

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Why is it not genes vs. culture?

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They interact. Like how you can’t taste tea without hot water.

Epigenetics: environmental influence on gene expression

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20
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Are we moving towards a uniform global culture?

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No, local cultures are very enduring.

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21
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Norms

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“proper”, accepted/standard behavior

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22
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What do some Muslim women see as a social byproduct of wearing hijabs?

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Encourages men to see them less as a sex object.

23
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In what culture is punctuality different?

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Latin America

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Collectivistic cultures and stigmatization
More likely to stigmatize those who stand out
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Many collectivistic cultures promote idea that human suffering (like disease) is from what?
Violating social norms
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Why might collectivistic countries be more strict on rules?
They historically were more vulnerable to threats and diseases
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What countries tend to prefer less distance (more touching/hugging)?
Countries near the equator
28
How is nurturing assumption contested about how parents influence beliefs and stuff?
Growing up in the same family has little influence on personality traits
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How much genetic influence on personality?
40%
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Shared home influence on personality
0 to 1 %
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parents have influence on children, but what's the catch?
Their influence is mostly indirect. (eg. they choose the schools neighborhoods, etc.)
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Example of gender roles varying with culture
When asked if prefer both spouses working or woman stay at home, 21/22 say both. BUT! Pakistan disagreed 4 to 1. Spain concurred 13 to 1.
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How are gender roles changing over time?
More gender equal.
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How many inches shorter is the average woman?
5 inches
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What percentage more fat does the average woman have?
70%
36
Are women more likely to face depression or anxiety disorders?
Yes. 2x
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Which gender is more likely to change roommates?
Women 2x.
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An AI program that was taught to detect the author's gender of books was right ____% of the time
80%
39
How do women and men differ in vocation?
Men more jobs related to things. Women do jobs related to people
40
Are women or men better at math?
Women desire math vocations less, but they are as capable.
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T/F: women gravitate more towards jobs that reduce inequities, while men do the opposite.
True
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Why might both men and women tend to prefer female friendships?
Empathy.
43
Which gender is better at decoding emotional messages
Women
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Which gender is more successfully in conveying emotion non-verbally?
Women
45
Are men more concerned about being defined as feminine or are women more concerned about being defined as masculine?
Men are more concerned.
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Aggression
Behavior intended to hurt
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Under what circumstances might women be even the same or even more aggressive than men?
Provoked and minor ways of aggression (eg. verbal, slap, etc.)
48
What is an example of an indirect aggressive act?
Spreading malicious gossip.
49
Attractive member of other sex approaches stranger and asks if they want to have sex. Differences in gender responses from stranger?
Men: 3/4 said yes Women: 0 said yes
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Attractive member of other sex approaches stranger and asks on a date. Differences in gender responses from stranger?
Half said yes, half said no
51
Is it true that cross-culturally, men are more willing to engage in casual sex?
Yes. Also for lesbian and gay too.
52
Amongst college students and by gender, how often do they think about sex?
Men once per hour. Women once every 2 hours.
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Which gender is more likely to initiate sexual activity?
Men
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When there are fewer available men, what happens to teen pregnancy rate?
Higher
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____ differences far exceed _____ differences
individual; gender
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David Schmitt found what?
Personality traits differ amongst genders in richer and more egalitarian countries.

Social Psych 3310 (13 decks)

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