Shared Flashcard Set

Details

250
FINAL
36
Other
Undergraduate 3
03/12/2009

Additional Other Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Intimate Relationship
Definition
Relationships with family members, friends etc, characterized by behavioral interdependence, need fulfillment, emotional attachment, and emotional availability.
Term
Family of Origin
Definition
People present in the household during a child's first years of life, usually parents and siblings.
Term
Self-disclosure
Definition
Sharing personal feelings or information with others.
Term
Genderlect
Definition
The "dialect", or individual speech pattern and communication style of each gender.
Term
Dysfunctional Family
Definition
A family in which the interaction between family members inhibits rather than enhances psychological growth.
Term
Jealousy
Definition
An aversive reaction evoked by a real or imagined relationship involving a person's partner and a third person.
Term
Monogamy
Definition
Exclusive sexual involvement with one partner.
Term
Serial monogamy
Definition
A series of monogamous sexual relationships.
Term
Open relationship
Definition
A relationship in which partners agree that sexual involvement can occur outside the relationship.
Term
Open relationship
Definition
A relationship in which partners agree that sexual involvement can occur outside the relationship.
Term
Cohabitation
Definition
Living together without being married
Term
Common-law marriage
Definition
cohabitation lasting a designated period of time that is considered legally binding in some states.
Term
Accountability
Definition
Accepting responsibility for personal decisions, choices, and actions.
Term
Self-nuturance
Definition
Developing individual potential through a balanced and realistic appreciation of self worth and ability.
Term
Power
Definition
The ability to make and implement decisions
Term
Trust
Definition
The degree of confidence partners feel in a relationship
Term
Sexual Identity
Definition
Recognition of oneself as a sexual being; a composite of biological sex characteristics, gender identity, gender roles, and sexual orientation.
Term
Intersexuality
Definition
not exhibiting elusively male or female sex characteristics
Term
Gonads
Definition
The reproductive organ in man (testes) or woman (ovaries)
Term
Puberty
Definition
period of sexual maturation
Term
Pituitary Gland
Definition
The endocrine gland controlling release of hormones from the gonads
Term
Secondary sex characteristics
Definition
associated with sex, but not related to reproduction, like voice pitch, body hair etc
Term
Gender
Definition
Psychological condition of being feminine or masculine as defined by the society one lives in.
Term
Socialization
Definition
Process by which a society communicates behavioral expectations to its individual members.
Term
Gender roles
Definition
Expression of maleness or femaleness in everyday life
Term
Transgendered
Definition
When one's gender identity doesnt match one's biological sex
Term
Transexual
Definition
a person who is psychologically of one sex but physically of the other
Term
Gender-role stereotypes
Definition
Generalizations about how men or women should act
Term
Androgyny
Definition
Combo of masculine and feminine traits in a single person.
Term
Vulva
Definition
Region that encloses the female's external genitalia.
Term
Mons Pubis
Definition
Fatty tissue covering pubic bone in women
Term
Labia minora
Definition
inner lips of a vagina
Term
Labia majora
Definition
outer lips of a vagina
Term
Hypothalamus
Definition
area of the brain near pituitary gland, helps control reproductive functions
Term
Menarche
Definition
The first menstrual period
Term
Helen Fisher
Definition
hypothesized love follows a pattern : 1) Imprinting 2) Attraction 3) Attachment 4) Production of a cuddle chemical
Supporting users have an ad free experience!