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Chapter 24
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- 1Social-construtionisma theoretical perspective that looks at how relationships between people are socially constructed in particular cultural, social and historic contexts
- 2Sex differencesdifferences between people in terms of their biological characteristics including chromosomes, hormones and genitals
- 3GenderThe characteristics (masculine & feminine) that a society or culture assigns to a person on the basis of their sex
- 4Sexualityhow people experience and express their sexual feelings
- 5Sexual orientationa person's particular sexual feelings directed toward another person with set corresponding categories (gay, lesbian, bisexual, straight, etc.)
- 6Essentialismthe belief in inherent, natural differences between women and men
- 7Socialisationa broad term used to describe the process through which children learn society's rules, beliefs and values
- 8Doing genderparticular behaviours, tasks, responsibilities and expectations of men and women and the construction, production and re-production of gender in our daily lives
- 9Gender stereotypespsychological traits and behavioural characteristics attributed to women and met by virtue of their group membership
- 10Cognitive developmental approaches to gendersuggest that children understand the world in terms of categories and use cognitive processes to acquire gender-related behaviour
- 11Gener labelingthe use of terms such as girl and boy
- 12Gender knowledgeknowledge about the particular characteristics of females and males
- 13Gender consistencythe recognition that gender does not change
- 14Schematathe conceptual frameworks individuals use to make sense of the world around them
- 15Andronomyused to refer to individuals who show little difference between masculine and feminine scores on Bem's sex-role Inventory, denoting the integration of masculinity and femininity in an individual
- 16Critical men's studiesan area of research that addresses issues of masculinity by critiquing male power and domination
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- University Psychology 144 FlashCards sobre Chapter 24, criado por Zeneatha Jònsson em 20-10-2014.
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- Zeneatha Jònsson · out 2014
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