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Gender and sexuality
Question | Answer |
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social role theory | Eagly's theory that psychological gender differences are caused by the contrasting social roles of women and men |
social cognitive theory of gender | gender development occurs through observation and imitation of gender behavior and through the rewards and punishments children experience for their behavior |
psychoanalytic theory of gender | preschool children develop a sexual attraction to the opposite-sex parent and then identity with the same-sex parent unconsciously adopting their characteristics |
gender schema theory | gender typing emerges as kids gradually develop gender schemas of what is gender appropriate |
gender intensification hypothesis | psychological and behavioral differences between boys and girls grow in adolescence because of more pressure to conform to gender roles |
rapport talk | language of conversation |
report talk | language designed to give information |
sexual scripts | stereotyped patterns of expectancies for how people should behave sexually |