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Christine Ladd-Franklin

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first american women to complete all the requirements for the Ph.D. in mathematics, but wasn’t awarded the degree until she was 78

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Mary Whiton Calkins

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established one of the first experimental psychology labs in the US at Wellesley; was refused admission to Harvard; invented the paired associate technique; declined doctoral degree from Radcliffe; became first woman president of APA

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Margaret Floy Washburn

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first american women to get Ph.D. in psychology; denied academic position at research institution

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Leta Stetter Hollingworth

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coined term “gifted”

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Inez Prosser

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first african american woman to earn a doctoral degree; oldest of 11 children and established a fund that helped her siblings attend college

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kinship society

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patrilineal and matrilineal societies

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subsistence base society

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the way a society obtains or satisfies the basic necessities of life

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technology society

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info, techniques, and tools used to adapt the material resources of the environment to subsistence needs

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hunting and gathering societies

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make up 99% of human history; status of men and women were somewhat equal

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changes to hunting and gathering socieites

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development of agriculture and domestication of animals (animals could do a woman’s job)

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bridewealth

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paid by groom and his family to the bride’s family

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menstrual taboo

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sending women away when they were on their period

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purdah

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system of excluding women and enforcing high standards of modesty

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foot binding

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in china; for fidelity

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suttee

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hindu custom; throwing themselves on their husbands funeral pyre because she is believed to be responsible for his death

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number of women that endure genital mutilation

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2 million women a year

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infibulation

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removal of clitoris, labia minora, and portion of labia majora

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defibulation

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partial reversal of infibulation for childbirth

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reinfibulation

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closing back up after childbirth

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industrialized societies

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position of women continued to decline as mane took over the tasks formerly done by women; women not encouraged to work, men made enough money, laws prohibited women for working certain hours, women were paid a lot less

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oberlin

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first co-educational college and first to admit african americans; women had to clean men’s clothes and rooms, serve them food, and listen to their speeches to stay there

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Wheaton college

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first female college

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Lucy Stone

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graduated from Oberlin first in her class, married Blackwell and had equal marriage, didn’t take her husbands last name; lead the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls

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Elizabeth Blackwell

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first female doctor in US; started her own hospital run by women, and opened the Women’s Infirmary Medical School

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Rosenthal Studies

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treated different sex children differently which led to different performances from each sex

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biases surrounding gender research

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experimenter expectancy effects, and self-reports

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27
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women’s rights opposed by

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liquor businesses, big-city bosses, and catholic church

28
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who has more body fat?

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women (23% to mens 15%)

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Who produces more CO2?

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men (40% more)

30
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who has slower metabolism?

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women

31
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who matures earlier?

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women

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who is physically stronger?

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men; same until puberty, but differences in skeletal structure and upper body muscle mass

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which fetus sex is more vulnerable?

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male; basic fetus is female, female hormones are protective, ability to withstand infection is on X chromosome, female’s lower metabolic rate, and male sex role

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Who is more active?

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men, but qualitative differences between men and women

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who’s more manually dexetrous?

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women, but smaller fingers?

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is there an IQ difference between men and women?

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no

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who is more visual-spatial?

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men, but nurture could contribute (toy blocks for boys)

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Who is more creative?

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depends on how you measure it

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who has more friends?

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men, but women have closer relationships

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do women and men feel the same emotions?

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yes, but are taught to express different ones

41
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who is more susceptible to influence?

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no difference between men and women

42
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when is an individuals sex genetically determined?

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conception

43
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mullerian reproductive system

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female; fallopian tubes, uterus, and upper vagina

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wolffian reproductive system

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male; vas deferens, seminal vesicles, and prostate

45
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turner syndrome

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1/2500 females; XX but second X is defective or missing; short stature, eyelid folds, broad chest, weblike configuration around neck; prone to heart, kidney, and thyroid problems, skeletal disorders, and hearing problems

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double Y syndrome

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1/1000 males XYY; abnormally tall, impulsive, short temper, slightly below average in IQ

47
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androgen insensitivity syndrome

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affects genetic males; internal and external genitalia do not respond to androgen; present female characteristics externally, but have neither internal reproductive structures

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adrenogenital syndrome

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prenatal exposure to too much androgen; affects males and females; females likely to show genital ambiguity, and both may experience fertility problems

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PMS

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premenstrual syndrome

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PMM

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premenstrual magnification of ongoing moods

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PMDD

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premenstrual dysphoric disorder

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follicular phase

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hypothalamus secretes GnRH which triggers the pituitary gland to release follicular stimulating hormone which stimulates the ovaries to release estrogen to bring an egg to maturity

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ovulation

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release an egg, high estrogen inhibits FSH, triggers the hypothalamus to produce luteinizing hormone releaser, and stimulates the endometrium to thicken

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mittelschmerz

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painful ovulation

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luteal phase

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LH stimulates follicle to turn into corpus luteum, which releases progesterone to inhibit the production of LH and contributes to thickening of endometrium

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menstruation

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shedding of endometrium; day 1

57
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menorrhagia

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heavy period usually during menopause

58
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endometriosis

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endometrium grows outside uterus

59
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dysmenorrhea

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lower abdominal pain associated with periods

60
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anovulatory cycle

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bleeding without ovulation

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primary amenorrhea

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absence of period before age of 18

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secondary amenorrhea

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has already menstruated but doesn’t get period for 3 months or more

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climacteric

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10-20 yr period where women’s body becomes unable to reproduce

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menopause

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stopping of menstruation; pituitary continues normal production of FSH and LH, but ovaries stop responding

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menopause symptoms

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hot flashes, headaches, dizziness, heart palpitations, joint pain, senile vagina (loses acidity, elasticity, and lubrication)

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