Psychology Ch.10 Vocab
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(1) The biological category of male or female as defined by physical differences in genetic composition and in reproductive anatomy and function.
(2) The behavioral manifestation of the sexual urge; sexual intercourse. - sex
- The cultural, social, and psychological meanings that are associated with masculinity or femininity.
- gender
- The behaviors, attitudes, and personality traits that are designated as either masculine or feminine in a given culture.
- gender roles
- A person's psychological sense of being male or female.
- gender identity
- The direction of a person's emotional and erotic attraction toward members to the opposite sex, the same sex, or both sexes.
- sexual orientation
- The beliefs and expectations people hold about the typical characteristics, preferences, and behavior of men and women.
- gender-role stereotypes
- The theory that gender roles are acquired through the basic processes of learning, including reinforcement, punishment, and modeling.
- social learning theory of gender-role development
- The theory that gender-role development is influenced by the formation of schemas, or mental representations, of masculinity and femininity.
- gender schema theory
- Condition in which a peron's biological sex is ambiguous, often combining aspects of both male and female anatomy and/or physiology.
- intersexed
- Condition in which a peron's psychological gender identity conflicts with his or her biological sex.
- transgendered
- A transgendered person who undergoes surgery and hormone treatments to physically transform his or her body into the opposite sex.
- transsexual