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| The psychological state of being female or being male, as influenced by cultural concepts. |
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| The process by which males and females develop distinct reproductive anatomy. |
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| Rod in nucleus of every cell, carries genetic code in form of genes. |
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| Stage of prenatal development that begins with implantation of a fertilized ovum in the uterus and concludes with development of the major organ systems at about two months after conception. |
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| A fetal canal that connects the scrotum and the testes, allowing their descent. |
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| The condition defined by undescended testes. |
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| A sex chromosomal disorder caused by an extra X sex chromosome. |
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| A genetically determined condition associated with the presence of only one complete X chromosome and with characteristics including usually infertile ovaries, absence of menstruation, and short stature. |
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| One's belief that one is male or female. |
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| The labeling of a newborn as a male or female. |
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| Person with the gonads of one sex but external genitalia of a different sex. Pseudohermaphodite. |
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| A person who possesses both ovarian and testicular tissue. |
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| Congenital adrenal hyperplasia |
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| A form of intersexualism in which a genetic female has internal female sexual structures but masculinized external genitals. |
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| Androgen-insensitivity syndrome |
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| A form of intersexualism in which a genetic male is prenatally insensitive to androgens such that his genitals are nor normally masculinized. |
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| Dominican Republican Syndrome |
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| A form of intersexualism in which a genetic enzyme disorder prevents testosterone from masculinizing the external genitalia. |
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| A condition in which people strongly desire to be of the other anatomic sex and live the gender roles of the other anatomic sex. |
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| Homosexual transgendered men |
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| Extremaly feminine gay males who seek gender re-assignment. |
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| Descriptive of transgendered men who are sexually stimulated by fantasies that their own bodies are female. |
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| In psychoanalytic theory, the process of incorporating within ourselves our perceptions of the behaviors, thoughts, and feelings of others. |
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| According to psychoanalytic theory a conflict of the phallic stage in which the boy wishes to possess his mother sexually and perceives his father as a rival in love. |
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| The process of guiding people into socially acceptable behavior patterns by means of information, rewards and punishments. |
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| Way of interpreting experience or processing info |
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| people retain their genders for a lifetime |
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| people's genders do not change, even if they alter their dress or behavior. |
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| A cluster of mental representations about male and female physical qualities, behaviors and personality traits. |
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| A state characterized by possession of both stereotypical masculine traits and stereotypical feminine traits. |
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| Mullerian inhibiting substance prevents the Mullerian ducts from developing into: |
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| Congenital adrenal hyperplasia caused by excessive levels of: |
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| Transgenered people are most likely to have: |
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The masculine gender-role stereotype is seen as all of the following except:
a. sensitive
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| Which gender difference is supported by evidence? |
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| Males have more reading problems. |
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| According to sexual strategies theory: |
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| Men are more interested in short term sexual variety |
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| According to Kohlberg, gender |
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| The concept of the third gender challenges: |
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| Research shows that following sex reassignment, most male-to-female transsexuals: |
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| The most common form of female intersexualism is: |
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| congenital adrenal hyperplasia |
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| A potentially life-threatening eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight, intense fear of becoming overweight, a distorted body image, and in females, lack of menstruation. |
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| Attraction-similarity hypothesis |
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| The view that people tend to develop romantic relationships with people who are similiar to themselves in factors such as physical attractiveness, cultural background, personality traits and interests. |
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| Selfless love, a king of loving that is similar to generosity and charity. |
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| Friendship love, based on liking and respect |
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| The kind of love that is closest in meaning to the modern-day concept of passion. |
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| Loving attachment and nonsexual affection; the type of emotion that binds parents to children. |
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| A state of intense absorption in or focus on another person, which is usually accompanied by sexual desire, elation and general physiological arousal or excitement; passion. |
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| Closeness, characterized by deep knowledge and understanding of another person. |
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| A powerful, compelling emotion. |
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| A pledge, promise or decision to maintain a relationship. |
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| ____________ is found to be universally attractive in women. |
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| Susan Sprecher and her colleagues found that women are more willing than men to marry someone who is: |
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| Loving attachment, deep friendship, or nonsexual affection describe the ancient Greek concept of; |
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| People who say "I keep my lover up in the air about my commitment," or "I get over love affairs pretty easily." appear to be in the ______ style of love. |
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| According to Sternberg, romantic love involves: |
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| According to NHSLS, the sex partners of nearly ____% of single European American men are European American women. |
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| In his study on gender differences in preferences for mates across 37 cultures, Buss found that: |
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| women preferred men who were older than they were |
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| Helen Fisher and her colleagues found that the _______ is highly active when we experience a new romantic love: |
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| The Hendricks found that college men were significantly more likely than college women to develop a ____ love style. |
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| In his study on gender differences in preferences for mates, Buss found that both men and women placed greatest emphasis on: |
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