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sex describes
Biological differences between men and women
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Gender relates to
Social and Cultural differences
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Biological reductionism
Sex is predetermined. Gender is learned or socially constructed
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Gender socialisation
Learning of behaviour and attitudes depending on their sex
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Gender inequality
Situation that men and women are not equal. Treated different due to gender.
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Gender Identity
A person's perception of having particular gender which might not be the same as their birth sex
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Gender diference
Differences in mental functions and behaviours of sex because of biological and cultural factors
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Difference hypothesis
social and psychological process which can affect individual attitudes/beliefs intentions and subsequent behaviors.
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Similarity hypothesis
All physical and psychological characteristics are distributed among the sexes (Olglesby & Hill, 1993).
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Stratification hypothesis
Gender differences in outcomes, ie: Mathematic performance or spatial ability closely related to opportunity structures for girls and women in their culture. (Else-Quest, 2010)
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Patriarchy
A structure of power which men rule women virtually as a class. (Slattery, 1985)
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What contribution did McCoby (1974) make to the gender debate?
Girls excel at simple rote learning, whereas boys are better at tasks that require higher-level cognitive processing and boys are more analytic
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Boys sporting preferences for NI
Football, Gaelic, Swimming, Rugby, Golf.
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Girls sporting preferences for NI
swimming,netball, football, athletics, horse riding
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Barriers for girls in sport
period, no confidence, don't like people to watching them
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Barriers for boys in sport;
injury, no confidence, not good at sport
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What is Bem’s Self Report Sex Role Orientation?
Rating yourself on stereotypical characteristics- Masculine, Feminine, Androgynous and undifferentiated personalities.
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Female main sex hormones;
Estrogen, progesterone
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Estrogen is needed for
puberty, menstruation, pregnancy, menopause
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Male main sex hormones
Testosterone, LH
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Biological reductionism

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Gender socialisation

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Gender inequality

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