Module 3.3 Flashcards

1
Q

The biologically influenced characteristics by which people define male, female, and intersex

A

sex

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2
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The attitudes, feeling, and behaviors that a given culture associates with a person’s biological sex

A

Gender

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3
Q

biological sex characteristics don’t align with male or female

A

intersex

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4
Q

physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt

A

agression

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5
Q

cyberbullying, gossip
any way to harm a relationship or social standing of a person

A

relational aggression

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6
Q

theory of moral development outlines how a woman’s morality is heavily influenced by caring about personal relationships.

A

Carol Gilligan

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7
Q

The sex chromosome found in females and males

A

X chromosome

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8
Q

The sex chromosome typically found only in males

A

Y chromosome

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9
Q

The most important male sex hormone

A

testosterone

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10
Q

Sex hormones that contribute to female sex characteristics

A

estrogens

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11
Q

The body structures that make sexual reproduction possible

A

Primary sex characteristics

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12
Q

Non-reproductive sexual traits that develop during puberty

A

Secondary sex characteristics

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13
Q

the first time a male ejaculates and is a key milestone in male sexual development.

A

spermarche

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14
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the first menstrual period in a female. menarche

A

menarche

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15
Q

societal guidelines that define gender

A

Gender role

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16
Q

any unwanted sexual behavior that involves the use of force, coercion, or intimidation to impose one’s sexual will on another person

A

Sexual aggression

17
Q

Our personal sense of being male, female, neither, or some combination of male and female

A

Gender Identity

18
Q

a theory of social behavior that suggests that people learn new behaviors by observing and imitating others.

A

Social learning theory

19
Q

A set of expected behaviors, attitudes, and traits based on gender

A

Gender typing

20
Q

Blending traditionally masculine and traditionally feminine psychological characteristics

A

Androgyny

21
Q

Thoughts, feeling, and actions related to our physical attraction to another

A

Sexuality

22
Q

Have no sexual attraction towards others

A

Asexual

23
Q

conducted landmark studies of male and female sexual behavior that helped usher in the “sexual revolution” of the 1960s and 1970s.

A

Alfred Kinsey

24
Q

tells us what to do in sexual circumstances and which ones are good and which are bad

A

Social script

25
Q

social psychologist who has published widely on the psychology of gender and social behavior.

A

Alice Eagly

26
Q

The direction of one’s sexual attraction

A

Sexual Orientation