Course Description
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Key Concepts & Vocabulary
Chapters 1 - 3
Chapters 4 - 6
Chapters 7 - 10
Chapters 11, 14 & 15

Blackboard Discussion

Sex/Gender Resources

Women's Studies at UNCG

Selected Women and Gender
Resources on the WWW
Women's Studies Database
Gender and Sexuality
International Studies Gender Resources
The Women's Resource Project
Women and Gender Websites


Psychology Resources

American Psychological Association
Society for the Psychology of Women
Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, and 
Bisexual Issues
Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Adult Development and Aging
Citing Electronic Sources
 
 
 

 

 
PSYCHOLOGY 346
"Sex, Gender and Behavior"

Key Concepts & Vocabulary 

Chapters 8, 9, 13

 
exual scripts (p. 266)
Kinsey reports (p. 269)
Masters and Johnson (pp. 369-270)
"raging hormones" (p. 272)
sexually transmitted diseases (p. 273)
orgasm (pp. 276-277)
masturbation (p. 277)
self-pleasuring and self-gratification (p. 278)
romance novels (p. 279)
female genital mutilation (p. 282)
clitoridectomy (p. 282)
excision (p. 282)
infibulation (p. 282)
machismo vs. marianismo (p. 284)
double standard (p. 288)
Madonna/shore dichotomy (p. 288)
token resistance (p. 290)
"homosexual" as first coined (p. 295)
lesbian (p. 295)
the "pathology" of lesbianism (p. 296)
bisexual (p. 298)
sexual orientation/identity (p. 298)
heterosexism (p. 298)
"coming out" (p. 298)
berdache (p. 302)
indirect vs. direct influence strategies (p. 304)
pop psych books (p. 305)
marriage as a social institution (p. 309)
"marrying up/down" (p. 312)
marriage gradient (p. 312)
traditional marriage (p. 313)
modern marriage (p. 313)
egalitarian marriage (p. 315)
myth of equality (p. 317)
power (p. 317)
social exchange theory (p. 318)
dual-career marriage (p. 318)
"honeymoon period" (p. 321)
"butch/femme" (p. 326)
cohabitation (p. 365)
"trial marriage" (p. 365
never-married women (p. 331)
.“old maid” (pp. 303-304)
displaced homemakers (p. 308)
“no-fault” divorce laws (p. 309)
child support (p. 310)
“broken” families (p. 310)
remarriage (p. 312)
five levels of interacting factors (p. 440)
key factors that distinguish various types of violence against women (p. 441)
childhood sexual abuse (p. 442)
incest (p. 444) 
pre-conditions for abuse (pp. 443-444)
coping strategies (p. 445)
courtship violence (p. 448)
dating violence (p. 448)
premarital violence (p. 448)
verbal aggression (p. 448)
psychological abuse (p. 448)
physical aggression (p. 448)
relationship-only, violent/antisocial, histrionic/preoccupied perpetrators (p. 449)
rejection sensitivity (p. 450)
“destructive traps” (p. 450)
committed relationships (p. 450)
developing relationships (p. 450)
model of courtship aggression (pp. 450-451)
sexual assault (p. 452)
sexual coercion (p. 452) 
sexual aggression (p. 452)
attempted rape (p. 452)
rape (p. 452)
social meaning of the term “rape” (p. 453)
sexual precedence (p. 453)
hidden crime (p. 453)
risk factors for sexual victimization (pp. 454-455)
post-traumatic stress disorder (p. 457)
phases during recovery from rape (p. 458)
“real rape” (p. 458)
acquaintance rape (p. 458)
rape laws (p. 458)
restorative justice program (p. 458)
sexual harassment (p. 460)
quid pro quo sexual harassment (pp. 461-462)
hostile environment sexual harassment (p. 462)
gender harassment (p. 462)
predisposition to sexually harass (pp. 463-464)
partner abuse (p. 466)
battered women (p. 467)
spouse abuse (p. 467)
domestic violence (p. 467)
wife abuse (p. 467)
power and control wheel (p. 469)
battered woman’s syndrome (p. 470)
survivor theory (p. 470)
 
 
 
 
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