front 1 Sex | back 1 In psychology, the biologically influenced characteristics by which people define male and female. |
front 2 Gender | back 2 In psychology, the socially influenced characteristics by which people define boy, girl, man, and woman |
front 3 Aggression | back 3 Any physical or verbal behavior intended to harm someone physically or emotionally. |
front 4 Relational aggression | back 4 An act of aggression (physical or verbal) intended to harm a person's relationship or social standing. |
front 5 Role | back 5 A set of expectations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave. |
front 6 Gender role | back 6 A set of expected behaviors, attitudes, and traits for males or for females |
front 7 Gender identity | back 7 Our sense of being male, female or some combination of the two. |
front 8 Social learning theory | back 8 The theory that we learn social behavior by observing and limiting and by being rewarded or punished. |
front 9 Gender typing | back 9 The acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role. |
front 10 Androgyny | back 10 Displaying both traditional masculine and feminine psychological characteristics. |
front 11 Transgender | back 11 An umbrella term describing people whose gender identity or expression differs from that associated with their birth-designated sex. |
front 12 Adolescence | back 12 The transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence. |
front 13 Puberty | back 13 The period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing. |
front 14 Identity | back 14 Our sense of self, according to Erikson, the adolescent's task is to solidify a sense of self by testing and integrating various roles. |
front 15 Social identity | back 15 The "we" aspect of our self-concept' the part of our answer to "Who am I" that comes from our group memberships. |
front 16 Intamacy | back 16 In Erikson's theory/ the ability to form close, loving relationships; a primary developmental task in young adulthood. |
front 17 Emerging adulthood | back 17 A period from about age 18 to the mid-twenties, when many in Western cultures are no longer adolescents but have not yet achieved full independence as adults. |
front 18 X chromosome | back 18 The sex chromosome found in both males and females. Females typically have two X chromosomes; males typically have one. An X chromosome from each parent produces a female child. |
front 19 Y chromosome | back 19 The sex chromosome typically found only in males. When paired with an X chromosome from the mother, it produces a male child. |
front 20 Testosterone | back 20 The most important male sex horome. Both males and females have it, but the additional testosterone in males stimulates the growth of the male sex organs during the fetal period, and the development of the male sex characteristics during puberty. |
front 21 Primary sex characteristics | back 21 The body structures (ovaries, testes, and external genitalia) that make sexual reproduction possible. |
front 22 Secondary sex characteristics | back 22 Nonreproductive sexual traits, such as female breasts and hips, male voice quality, an body hair. |
front 23 Intersex | back 23 A condition present at birth due to unusual combinations of male and female chromosomes, hormones, and anatomy; possessing biological sexual characteristics of both sexes. |
front 24 Sexual orientation | back 24 Our enduring sexual attraction, usually toward members of our own sex (homosexual orientation) or the other sex (heterosexual orientation); variations include attraction toward both sexes (bisexual orientation). |
front 25 Menopause | back 25 The time of natural cessation of menstration; also refers to the biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to reproduce declines. |
front 26 Cross-sectional study | back 26 Research that compares people of different ages at the same point in time. |
front 27 Longitudinal study | back 27 Research that follows and retests the same people over time. |
front 28 Neurocognitive disorders | back 28 Acquired (not lifelong) disorders marked by cognitive deficits; often related to Alzherimer's disease, brain injury or disease, or substance abuse. In older adults, neurocognitive disorders were formerly called dementia. |
front 29 Alzheimer's disease | back 29 A neurocognitive disorders marked by neural plaques, often with onset after age 80, and entailing a progressive decline in memory and other cognitive abilities. |
front 30 Social clock | back 30 The culturally preferring timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement. |