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| In this textbook the word gender is used to refer to: |
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| the social and cultural aspects of being female or male. |
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According to the text, in North American society _______ traits are more likely to be associated with power and prestige than are _______ traits. |
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BETA BIAS: Intellectual and social behavior is similiar
Differences between genders are produced by socialization not biology |
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Alpha Bias:
Intellecutal and social behavior=different
Fundamental differences are biological (essentialism)<ignores enviromental influences and the flexibility of biology. |
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| Men and Women should be socially, economically, and legally equal. |
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| Sub Catagories of Feminism |
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Liberal: Lack of equal opportunities (betabias)
Cultural: lack of respect for womens qualities (alphabias)
Socialist
Radial
Women of Color: White womens self centeredness
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Female sex hormones are collectively known as ______ and male sex hormones are collectively known as ______. |
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According to the _____ view, the traits, behaviors, and roles that we assume with females and males are not inherent in one’s sex; they are shaped by numerous interpersonal, cultural, and societal forces. |
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| Social Construct of Gender |
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Bias against people because of their disabilities is known as: |
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Girls and boys are likely to receive rewards for performing gender-appropriate behaviors and receive negative consequences for showing gender-inappropriate behaviors. As a result, they show more gender-appropriate behaviors. This illustrates the mechanism of _________, a concept of _________ theory. |
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| Reinforcement & Punishemt, Social Learning Theory |
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Feminist research methods might include the _____ approach in which participants are asked to describe, in their own words, a particular event or feeling; or the _____ approach in which participants are asked to complete a questionnaire, written by the researcher, expressing their feelings and interactions. |
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| According to cognitive developmental theory, before children can learn gender-appropriate behaviors they must understand that: |
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| Gender is not altered through time or behavior |
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| The belief that women and men should have the same political, legal, economic, and educational rights and opportunities is called: |
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| Women who prefer to use the title Ms. are often perceived as: |
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unmarried, more agentic than traditionally titled women, and less communal than traditionally titled women.
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| Men have larger brains but only because they are larger all together. It does not make them cognitivelly or intellectually any more advanced than women. |
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| Statistical Methods to correlate several studies. |
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privilege of males
male experience
& male perspective |
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| Bias against people on the basis of age - affects women more than men |
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| men ^ status; women have decreased value |
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exaggerations of differences between and similarities within groups.
Sterotypes are partially accurate but grossly exaggerated
There is easier recall of gender - when experiences build the stereotype because the person delievers consisten behavior with the other persons held stereotype |
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| Traditionally treated differently based soley on gender |
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Helps simplify social perceptions
Based on easily identifiable characteristics
meet new person > notive characteristics > catagorize/stereotype |
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Communal } associate women with domestic role
Agentic} Associate men with employee role
If a person knows the role (agentic/communal) then they will stereotype |
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| Stereotypes and discriminatory behavior based on sex |
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| penalizing an individual for behaving in the opposite genders roles |
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