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1
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What is Fear of Success?

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Association of negative consequences with achievement

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What are the 2 requirements for fear of success?

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  1. The person must perceive achievement as possible

2. The person must associate achievement with negative consequences

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Why are women changing career choices?

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Step away from unfriendly environments, desire for greater job flexibility, the conflict between work and family, lack of female role models

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What major factors influence sex differences in self-confidence?

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Depends on the nature of the task. Is it considered more feminine or masculine to complete?

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What is stereotype threat?

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Activating the female stereotype hinders women’s performance

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How do you disarm stereotype threat?

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Putting effort over ability, disassociating identity from performance, educating others, self-affirmation

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What is an internal attribution?

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Cause is within a person

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What is an external attribution?

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Located in the environment

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What is a stable attribution?

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Doesn’t change with time

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What is an unstable attribution?

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Changes across time and situations

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What causes do men have for achievement?

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Internal Causes

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What causes do women have for achievement?

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Internal, unstable, or external causes

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13
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What is success due to?

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Ability

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What is self-serving bias?

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The tendency to assign internal attributions for success and external attributions for failure

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What types of play do boys prefer?

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Egotistic dominance, Big groups, rough-and-tumble play, competitive, activity-oriented, dominance

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What types of play do girls prefer?

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Prosocial dominance, small number of friends, cooperative, relationship focused, structured activities

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What is the gender segregation cycle?

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amount of time spent with same-sex increases sex-stereotypic thinking and more negative attitudes towards to opposite sex

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How do men interact with other men?

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Negative social

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How do women interact with other women?

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Positive social

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How does one sex talk to another sex?

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More likely to adapt to the other partner’s style

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What tasks are women more confident in?

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Female-oriented jobs

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What tasks are men more confident in?

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Male-oriented jobs

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How do men differ in language?

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Speak longer, self-reference, directive

24
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How do women differ in language?

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Emotions, ask questions, longer sentences, minimal responses

25
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How do men usually respond emotionally?

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With anger and/or pride

26
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How do women usually respond emotionally?

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Emotionally expressive, especially with sadness, love, and fear

27
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How do men express their emotions?

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They try to suppress them and internally react

28
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How do women express their emotions?

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Positively and outwardly

29
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What is the expectation states theory?

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Sex differences in communication are due to the status differences between men and women

30
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What is the dispositional level of analysis?

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Emphasizes the characteristics of the person as a determinant of friendship

31
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What is the structural level of analysis?

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Emphasizes the different positions of women and men in society

32
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How do girl friends interact?

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Greater intimacy, self-disclosure, more likely group of 2

33
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How do boy friends interact?

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Larger social network, focused on activity, play with nonfriends too

34
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How do both genders relate with looking for friends?

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Want same qualities, lots of casual conversations

35
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What is self-disclosure?

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Revealing one’s innermost self

36
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Who shares more about their personal issues?

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Women

37
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What is co-rumination?

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Repeated discussion

38
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What barriers are there for male closeness?

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Competition, homophobia, emotional inexpressiveness

39
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Who’s friendships are more fragile?

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Females due to high expectations

40
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What types of conflicts are there in friendships?

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Relational aggression, cyberbullying

41
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What challenges are there for different-sex friendships?

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Emotional bond, sexual, equality, audience, opportunity

42
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What are the primary motivating factors for romantic relationships?

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Support and companionship

43
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What do men look for in women?

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Physical attractiveness

44
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What do women look for in men?

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Intelligence, occupational status, good with finance, ambition

45
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What do people look for in short-term relationships?

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Attractiveness

46
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What do people look for in long-term relationships?

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Warmth

47
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What are the top 3 traits wanted in a homosexual relationship?

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Romantic love, faithfulness

48
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What is the evolutionary theory?

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Maximize survival of genes

49
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What is Social Role Theory?

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Emphasis on distinct division of labor

50
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What is social construct theory?

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Social norms dictate what is desirable

51
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What is the sexual double standard?

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Men can have lots of sex but sex outside of marraige is unexceptable

52
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What is accommodation?

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If one acts traditionally, the other is more likely to follow

53
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What are emotional skills?

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the management of one’s own and one’s partner’s emotions during interactions

54
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What emotional skills are needed to maintain a relationship?

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Being open, softening delivery, communication

55
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What is an equitable relationship?

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a person feels that what they put into and get out of a relationship is equal to what the partner feels that what the partner puts into and gets out of the relationship

56
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Does relationship satisfaction go down for lesbians or gays?

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Stays the same for lesbains, and declines a smudge for gays but goes back up

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