Gender identity/sexual orientation Flashcards
Define Gender role
Preconceived notions of appropriate gender roles
Gender identity
Self concept of one’s gender
Gender expression
How one chooses to outwardly manifest one’s gender identity
“Sex-typed” person
Males with high masculinity, low femininity or v.v.
“Cross sex-typed”
Males with high femininity, low masculinity v.v.
“Androgynous” person
Person with both high masculinity/femininity
Undifferentiated person
Person with both low masculinity/femininity
What is the difference between transsexual vs transgender?
Transsexual - person who seeks to undergo medical treatment to alter their sex.
Transgender- person who perceives their gender as opposite to that of their assigned sex—may not undergo treatment
What are the factors of the multivariate model of sexual orientation proposed by Klein?
- Sexual behavior
- sexual fantasies
- sexual attraction
- Emotional attraction
- social preference
- Self identification
- lifestyle/community
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What did Bruce Koff have to contribute to sexual identity psychology?
Postulated the “integrative process of identity development” which describes the extra stage homosexual people must undergo.
What is internalized homophobia?
When an LGBT person incorporates negative messages about LBGT people into their self-concept.
What is heterosexism?
Attitudes / biases in favor of opposite-sex sexuality.
What are the stages of Koff’s integrative process of identity development?
Awareness stage (become conscious of same sex attractions, and acknowledge it to self)
Acknowledgement
(divulge to others)
Exploration stage
(work through awkward relationships)
Intimacy stage
(increasingly stable relationships)
Integration
(get sexual orientation into self concept)
